France, Abbey of Saint-Denis, Moses window (?)
c. 1141-1144
Pot metal glass
A: 48.8 x 22.9 (19 1/4 x 9); B: 48.5 x 22.5 (19 1/8 x 8 7/8)
Minor restorations and stopgaps; modern fillets
Provenance: Pollak and Winternitz; Joseph Brummer, New York
Bibliography: Part Two of the Notable Art Collection belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer [sale cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.] (New York, 1949), 150, no. 600; Jane Hayward in Gómez-Moreno (1968), nos. 174-175; Grodecki (1976), 129, ills. 200-201; Jane Hayward in Crosby et al. (1981), no. 15; Jane Hayward in Hayward and Cahn (1982), 83-84; Brown and Cothren (1986), 35, n. 142. Panels of the same design in Cahier and Martin (1841-1844), vol. 2, pl. Db; Nathaniel H.J. Westlake, A History of Design in Painted Glass (London, 1881 1894), vol. l, pl. XII; John Chessell Buckler, “Drawings of Painted Glass Bequeathed by C. A. Buckler (d. 1905),” London, British Library, MS Add. 37138, n. 186.
Collection: The Glencairn Museum (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 03.SG.181; B. 03.SG.182
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