• 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

Two Panels from a Life of the Virgin

TWO PANELS FROM A LIFE OF THE VIRGINFrance, Burgundy (?)
c. 1440
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
A: 63.5 x 58.4 (25 x 23); B: 62.8 x 58.8 (24 3/4 x 23 1/8)
Some replacement in canopies of both panels

Provenance: Galeries Heilbronner, Paris; Ambrose Monell, New York; George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: Hermann Schmitz, Die Glasgemiilde des koniglichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin, 2 vols. (Berlin, 1913), l: 40-41, 2: 23, pls. 67-68, nos. 6-9 (four panels from same series); The Collection of AmbroseMonell [sale cat., American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.] (New York, 1930), lot nos. 43-44, ill.; James J. Rorimer, “Recent Gifts in the Department of Medieval Art,” The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art o.s. 311 no. 10 (October 1936), 198-201; MMAB (1971-1972), 138.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 36.91.1 and 2 (Medieval Department)

A. The Annunciation (36.91.1) B. The Nativity (36.91.2)
Inscription: A. AVE GRACIA PLE NA

Note: The Corpus Vitrearum USA is digitizing the content of its checklists. During the digitization process, words and terms may be transcribed incorrectly, particularly text that uses diacritical marks. We are working to verify and correct all information for each entry and to add marks where they may be missing or incorrect. If you have questions about a specific work in Checklist I, consult the PDF/printed version of the checklist.

Entry From: Checklist I 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