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Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ

Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ (A)
The Nativity (44.114.9)
South Lowlands, Louvain, Carthusian Cloister (?)
c. 1520-1525
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain

A: 66.7 x 48.6 (26 1/4 x 19 1/8)
B: 66.7 x 49.2 (26 1/4 x 19 3/8)
C: 66.0 x 49.2 (26 x 19 3/8)
D: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x 19 1/2)
E: 66.3 x 49.5 (26 1/8 x 19 1/2)
F: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x 19 1/2)
G: 66.0 x 49.8 (26 x l9 5/8)
H: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x 19 1/2)
I: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x 19 1/2)
J: 66.0 x 49.5; (26 x 19 1/2)
K: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x 19 1/2)
L: 66.0 x 49.5 (26 x l9 1/2)

Some restoration in each panel including addition of lower edge fillets

Provenance: Sir Thomas Neave, Dagenham Park, Essex; Grosvenor Thomas, London; Henry Goldman, New York
Bibliography: Maurice Drake, The Grosvenor Thomas Collection of Ancient Stained Glass, pt. 2 [exh. cat., The Charles Gallery] (New York, 1913), no. 160, ill.; Arthur E. Bye, “Stained Glass Panels from the Workshop of Dirk Vellert in the Goldman Collection,” The Art Bulletin l1, no. 2 (June 1929), 125- 1451 figs. l-21; Jean Helbig, De Glasschilderk unst in Belgie: Reportorium en Documenten, 2 vols. (Antwerp, 1943-1951), 1:212, no. 2051; MMAB (1971-1972), 147; McNab (1982), n.p.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 44.114.1-12 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

A. The Nativity (44.114.9)
B. Christ preaches from a boat on the Lake of Gennesaret (44.114.11)
C. The healing of the paralytic at Capernaum (44.114.7)
D. The parable of the vineyard (44.114.3)
E. The miracle of the loaves and fishes (44.114.5)
F. Christ stills the tempest (44.114.1)
G. The woman taken in adultery (44.114.4)
H. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins (44.114.8)
I. The Levite in the parable of the good Samaritan (44.114.10)
J. The Crucifixion (44.114.2)
K. The Descent from the Cross (44.114.6)
L. Christ appearing to St. Mary Magdalene (44.114.12)

Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ (The Nativity)
The Nativity
Twelve Scenes from the Life of Christ (B)
B. Christ preaches from a boat on the Lake of Gennesaret
The healing of the paralytic at Capernaum
C. The healing of the paralytic at Capernaum
The parable of the vineyard
D. The parable of the vineyard
The miracle of the loaves and fishes
E. The miracle of the loaves and fishes
Christ stills the tempest
F. Christ stills the tempest
The woman taken in adultery
G. The woman taken in adultery
The parable of the wise and foolish virgins
H. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins
The Levite in the parable of the good Samaritan
I. The Levite in the parable of the good Samaritan
The Crucifixion
J. The Crucifixion
The Descent from the Cross
K. The Descent from the Cross
Christ appearing to St. Mary Magdalene
L. Christ appearing to St. Mary Magdalene

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