South Lowlands, Louvain, Carthusian Cloister (?)
c. 1515-1520
Pot metal, white glass, and silver
A: 70.5 x 38.1 (27 3/4 x 15); B: 70.5 x 47.3 (27 3/4 x 18 5/8)
A has been reduced in width
Provenance: Sir Thomas Neave, Dagenham Park, Essex; Grosvenor Thomas, London; Henry C. Lawrence, New York
Bibliography: Collection of a Well? Known Connoisseur, A Noteworthy Gathering of Gothic and Other Ancient Art Collected by the Late Mr. Henry C. Lawrence of New York [sale cat., American Art Association, 27-29 January] (New York 1921), nos. 354 and 355; Joseph Breck, “A Gift of Stained Glass,” Bulletin of The Metropolitan Museum of Art o.s. 16, no. 3 (March 1921), 45-47, ill.; Jean Helbig, De Glasschilderk unst in Belgie: Reportorium en Documenten, 2 vols. (Antwerp, 1943- 1951), 1:212, no. 2052; McNab (1982), n.p., ill.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 21.27.1 and 2 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
A. Elijah reviving the son of Shunamite (21.27.1); B. Bathsheba obtains the kingdom from David for Solomon (21.27.2)
Inscription: A. ADIVV A MEDC’ MII (on collar of woman)
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