• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Members
    • Member Profiles
    • Dues Renewal
  • Publications
    • Recent Discoveries and Acquisitions
    • Checklist Series
    • Volumes, Checklists, & Occasional Papers
    • Glossary
  • Museum Collections
  • Conservation Organizations & Guidelines
  • Contact Us

Corpus Vitrearum USA

Devoted to scholarly analysis and investigation of Medieval and Renaissance stained glass

Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

Martyrdom of St. LawrenceEngland, Canterbury, Christ Church Cathedral
c. 1175-1180
Pot metal glass
65.0 (without modern edges) x 32.0 (25 5/8 x 12 5/8)
The head is a contemporary stopgap; the nimbus is modern

Provenance: Dr. J. Francis Grayling, Sittingbourne, Kent (d. 1923); Bertram Christian, London (d. 1954); Gerard Kirsopp Lake (d. 1972)
Bibliography: “William Hayes Fogg Art Museum. Appendix II: Loans,” Report of the President of Harvard College and Reports of Departments (1940-1941), 18; Caviness et al. (1978), 10-11; Madeline H. Caviness, The Window of Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury [Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi: Great Britain II] (London, 1981), 312-313, figs. 591, 591a.
Additional Bibliography: Purchase noted in One Hundred Fifteenth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1984 through June 30, 1985 (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985), 44.

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 1984.232 (Cloisters Collection)
Image Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1984

This piece was originally catalogued in Checklist I, 67, under Massachusetts, Private Collections

Entry From: Checklist I, Checklist III: Addenda Filed Under: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters

Footer

Quick Links

  • Checklists
  • Publications
  • Members
  • Contact Us

Search

Copyright © 2025 ยท Corpus Vitrearum USA