Italy, Milan Cathedral, St. Eligius window, attributed to Niccolo da Varallo
before 1486
Pot metal glass and white glass with silver stain, flashed purple
A: 109.0 x 59.5 (42 7/8 x 23 3/8); B: 108.0 x 58.5 (42 1/2 x 23)
There are a good many stopgaps in the lower part of A, especially in the red and blue robes
Provenance: Paris studio of Arthur Rotch (d. 1894); gift of Mrs. Horatio A. Lamb, his sister
Bibliography: Unpublished. For comparative material see: Ugo Moneret de Villard, Le vetrate del Duomo di Milano (Milan, 1918-1920), I:89-102, II: pls. LXXXVII-C, III: pls. CI, CII; Catherine Gilli Pirina, “The Fifteenth-century Windows in the Rear Choir of the Duomo in Milan-II: Antonio da Pandino and Scenes from the Life of Christ,” Burlington Magazine ll8 (1976), fig. 10; and Pirina, “Stained Glass from Milan Cathedral in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,” Fen way Court (1983), 31, figs. 6-8.
Collection: MIT: Rotch Library (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Object/Accession: windows IV and V
A. St. Eloi making peace between the Prince of Brittany and a Frankish legate (window V); B. Funeral of St. Eloi attended by Queen Bathilde (window IV)
Inscriptions : A. QAL’R B’TS ELJG’IT’ REGE FRACIE I [… J E.B’TA IE PACEM T’C’TAVIT B. DA ELI […] EXEQIS ITER FUERE
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