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Corpus Vitrearum USA

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Two Scenes from an Infancy of Christ Window

TWO SCENES FROM AN INFANCY OF CHRIST WINDOWFrance, Gassicourt (Ile de France), Church of Sainte-Anne
c. 1265
Pot metal glass
A: 49.0 x 37.0 (19 1/4 x 14 1/2); B: 60.0 x 37.5 (23 5/8 x 14 3/4)
The bottom of the Visitation panel has been extended using the border fragment from St. Remi (above); otherwise the panel’s condition is excellent

Provenance: Edouard Didron; Octave Ham berg, Paris; Jacques Seligmann & Co., Paris; Mr. C. S. Wadsworth, New York; Mrs. Thomas Proctor, Hamilton, Mass.
Bibliography: François de Guilhermy, “Notes sur diverses localites de la France,” 40 vols. (1840-1872), Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, MS fr. n.a. 61001 71 fol. 393££; Lucien Magne, Vitraux anciens [exh. cat., Union centrale des arts decora tifs, Section des monu ments historiques] (Paris, 1884)1 31, nos. 52 and 54; Catalogue des objets d’art et de ha ute curiosité [sale cat., Galerie Georges Petit, 11-16 May] (Paris, 1908), 60, lot 442; Notable Paintings and Works of Art, Property of the C. S. Wadsworth Trust [sale cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 11 December] (New York, 1948), 44, lot 53; Carol Stewart Harward in Caviness et al. (1978), 30-34; Meredith Parsons Lillich, “Stained Glass from Western France (1250- 1325) in American Collections,” Journal of Glass Studies 25 (1983), 123, fig. 2.

Collection: Private Collection (, Massachusetts)
Object/Accession: No accession number listed

A. The Visitation B. The Nativity

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Entry From: Checklist I Filed Under: Massachusetts, Private Collection

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