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Two Scenes from the Life of Saint Nicholas

TWO SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF SAINT NICHOLASFrance, Soissons, Cathedral of Saints Gervais and Protais (?)
1210-1215
Pot metal glass
A: 54.2 x 40.7 (21 1/8 x 16); B: 54.6 x 41.3 (21 1/2 x 16 1/4)
Skirt of consul (A) and area below throne (B) replaced

Provenance: Raymond Pitcairn, Bryn Athyn, Pa.
Bibliography: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Notable Acquisitions: 1980-1981 (New York, 1981), 25, pis. p. 25; Hayward and Cahn (1982), no. 51; Suse Childs, “Two Scenes from the Life of St. Nicholas and Their Relationship to the Glazing Program of the Chevet Chapels a t Soissons Cathedral,” in Studies on Medieval Stained Glass, figs. I -2.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 1980.263.2 and 3 (Cloisters Collection)

Inscription: A. I CO LAVS. PRESES MILITES (1980.263.2)

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