Corpus Vitrearum USA

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Two Roundels with Head of Christ or Saint

TWO ROUNDELS WITH HEAD OF CHRIST OR SAINTFrance, Rouen (?), attributed to the Master of St. John the Baptist
c. 1500
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
A. Diameter: 34.3 (13 1/2); B. Diameter: 34.9 (13 3/4)
Backgrounds made of glass of the period

Provenance: Georges Hoentschel, Paris; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Bibliography: Unpublished

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: l6.32.118 and l19 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

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