Southern Lowlands, Heverlee Louvain, Premonstatensian Abbey of Parc, Cloister
1635-1644
White glass with silver stain
A: 55.9 x 29.2 (22 x 11 1/2)
B: 55.9 x 29.2 (22 x 11 1/2)
C: 76.2 x 64.1 (30 x 25 1/4)
D: 76.2 x 64.1 (30 x 25 1/4)
Several unmended breaks and losses
Provenance: Abbey of Parc to 1828; M. Dansaert, Brussels; Mvr. Godtschalck-Dansaert, to before 1880; Charles Licot, Brussels; H. Moens, Brussels, to before 1913; Vicomte de Sauze (Vicomtesse de Jauze?), Paris; James Henry Smith, New York, to 1910; Harry Payne Whitney, New York, to 1942; Mrs. Flora Whitney Miller, Mrs. Barbara Whitney, and Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, to 1942.
Bibliography: Smith sale (1910), “Main Hall,” n.p.; Payne Whitney sale (1942), 102, no. 309. Related material: B: Iacobus, drawing in the archives of the Abbey of Parc (n.d.); C and D: Léon Goovaerts, Ecrivains, artistes et savants de l’ordre de Prémontré (Bruxelles, 1898-1907): Godefridus, IV (1907), 87 and Ulricus II (1902), 263; J. Helbig, “Anciennes verrières de l’Abbaye de Parc”, Bulletin des Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 301 4e ser. (1958), 71-82; F. Maes, “De oude glasramen van de abdij van’t Park te Heverlee,” Mededelingen van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring voor Leuven en omgeving, Deel XII (Leuven, 1972).
Collection: Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Connecticut)
Object/Accession: A. 1942.104.2-18C; B. 1942.104.2-17C; C. 1942.104.2-13C; D. 1942.104.2-16C
Workshop of Jean de Caumont
Inscriptions: A: B.M. WILHELMVS CAN./ ROTHENSIS, ORATIONI/ET MORTIFlCATIONI DEDITISSI MVS/ 10. FEBRVARII
B: B.M. IACOBVS NOVITIVS/VICONIENSIS, VIRGINI/MATRI ADMODVM / DEVOTVS/ 15.MAII
C: above: B.M. GODEFRIDVS I. ABBAS/ VALLIS SECRETAE FVNDATAE/A THEOBALDO COMITE/BLESENSI, ANIMO, NORBERTINO/24. MAY; medallion below: B.M. WIPERTVS EPISCOPVS/ RASEBVRGENSIS
D: B.M. GAREMBERTVS/ I. ABBAS MONT!SS MARTINI/QVI SICVT CAR NEM IEIVNYS/SIC PESTEM ORATIONIBVS/ SEDAVITI 31 DECEBRIS; medallion: B.M. VLRJCVS EPISCOPVS/ RASEBVRGENSIS
