Germany, Trier, Cathedral of St. Peter (?)
c. 1520
Pot metal, white glass, silver stain, and sanguine
231.0 x 80.0 (90 3/4 x 31 1/2) (each)
Part of halo replaced in A; leaded cracks in both
Provenance: Heinrich Wencke, Hamburg; Raoul Heilbronner, Paris Bibliography: William R. Valentiner, “Principal Accessions and Loans,” Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art o.s. 3, no. 5 (May 1908), 92-93, ill.; Heinrich Oidtmann, Die rheinischen Glasmälereien vom 12. bis 16. fahrhund ert, 2 vols.
Bibliography: (Dusseldorf, 1912 and 1929), 2:444, ill. 624-625.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 08.52.1 and 2 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
A. St. Maximine with a bear (08.52.1) B. St. John the Evangelist with a chalice and serpent (08.52.2)
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