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Five Apostles

FIVE APOSTLESEngland, Gloucestershire (?)
c. 1450-1500
Pot metal, white glass and silver stain
A: 146.8 x 33.7 (57 3/4 x 13 1/4); B: 147.2 x 33.0 (58 x 13); C: 147.8 x 33.0 (58 1/2 x 13); D: 148.6 x 33.0 (58 1/2 x 13); E: 144.8 x 33.7 (57 x 13 1/4)
Glass very corroded on front surface; numerous replacements and some repainting

Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London
Bibliography: Friedley (1913), 46-50, ill.; Cram (1915), 1:71; MMAB (1971-1972), 136.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 12.210.1J-S (Medieval Department)

A. St. Andrew (12.210.1J-K); B. St. Peter (12.210.1L-M); C. St. James the Great (12.210.lN-O); D. St. Philip (12.210.lP-Q); E. St. Matthew (12.210.1R-S)
Inscriptions: A. SCS ANDREUS APOSTOLUS; B. SCS PETRUS APOSTOLUS; C. SCS JACOBUS APOSTOLUS; D. SCS PHILIP PUS APOSTOLUS; E. SCS MATHI US APOSTOL US

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Entry From: Checklist I Filed Under: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters

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