Germany, Cologne
c. 1510-1515
White glass with silver stain
A: 37.5 x 32.3 (14 3/4 x 12 3/4); B: 36.3 x 16.5 (14 1/4 x 6 1/2); C: 16.5 x 16.5 (6 1/2 x 6 1/2)
The lower part of the St. Catherine panel (C) was originally joined to the St. John panel (B); the upper portion of the St. Catherine panel is missing
Provenance: Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Herbert Rode, “Glasmälerei,” in Herbst des Mittelalters [exh. cat., Kunsthalle](Cologne, 1970), no. 88, fig. 39; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Notable Acquisitions: 1981-1982 (New York, 1982), 22-24, ill.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 1982.47.2-3 (Medieval Department)
A. Virgin and Child with King Melchior (1982.47.2); B-C. St. John the Evangelist and St. Catherine of Alexandria with a hausmark (fragment) (1982.47.3)
Arms: Or in chief a mullet between r and F, in base v and reversed over sable
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