Germany, Rhineland, Lowlands or France?
1510-1525
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
180 x 59.5 (70 7/8 x 23 7/16) each
A., B., C., E. Minor replacements; D. child’s head and adjacent drapery, central portions of Virgin’s robe replaced
Provenance: Col. Shaw, Stoke Poges Manor, Buckinghamshire; Stoke Poges, St. Giles’ Church, north aisle, to 1929; P.W. French & Co., New York, to 1929; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1941
Bibliography: French & Co. Stock Sheets, GCPA 0302681, 0305052; C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot no. 66 art. 1-6; George Lipscomb, The History and Antiquities of the Country of Buckingham, 4 (London, 1847), 568; N. H. J. Westlake, A History of Design in Painted Glass, 4 (London, 1894), 63-64, pls. LI a & c; Catalogue of Fine Early German Stained Glass (removed from the Private Vestibule to Stoke Pages Church) The Property of Colonel Shaw [sale cat., Sotheby, Ltd., 16 May] (London, 1929), 9, lot 49; Hearst sale (1941), 330, nos. 66-2 to 8, (C) ill. 135; Handbook, The Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, 1971), 123; Madeline H. Caviness, Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections [exh. cat., Busch-Reisinger Museum of Harvard University] (Medford, 1978), 78-79; Barnet (1986), 41, pl. VIII (C and D); Raguin et al. (1987), 70; Tutag and Hamilton (1987), 17.
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
Object/Accession: A. 58.93, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford; B. 58.94, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford; C. 58.111, Gift of K.T. Keller; D. 58.112, Gift of K.T. Keller; E. 58.155, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb
A. St. Anthony Abbot (58.93); B. Virgin with Christ Child Holding a Ball (58.94); C. St. Wencelas of Bohemia (58.111); D. Virgin and Christ Child Holding Top and Spinning String (58.112); E. St. Barbara (58.155)
Inscriptions: A. O PATER SANTE ANTONI ORA PRO; B. REGINA CELORUM ORA PRO; C. on border of cloak: OSVOSAO.; VSEBDSTCGHR/ OR BIENE SOP OMNI