France, Burgundy (?)
c. 1440
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
A: 63.5 x 58.4 (25 x 23); B: 62.8 x 58.8 (24 3/4 x 23 1/8)
Some replacement in canopies of both panels
Provenance: Galeries Heilbronner, Paris; Ambrose Monell, New York; George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: Hermann Schmitz, Die Glasgemiilde des koniglichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin, 2 vols. (Berlin, 1913), l: 40-41, 2: 23, pls. 67-68, nos. 6-9 (four panels from same series); The Collection of AmbroseMonell [sale cat., American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.] (New York, 1930), lot nos. 43-44, ill.; James J. Rorimer, “Recent Gifts in the Department of Medieval Art,” The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art o.s. 311 no. 10 (October 1936), 198-201; MMAB (1971-1972), 138.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 36.91.1 and 2 (Medieval Department)
A. The Annunciation (36.91.1) B. The Nativity (36.91.2)
Inscription: A. AVE GRACIA PLE NA
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