Germany, Abbey of Altenberg, cloister
c. 1525
Pot metal, white glass, and silver stain
82.6 x 101.6 (32 1/2 x 40) (each)
Some mending leads; inscription at bottom of B is a replacement
Provenance: Heinrich Pleunissen collection, Cologne; Hirn collection, Cologne; De Noel collection, Cologne; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles; Stanley Mortimer, New York
Bibliography: M. J. De Noel, Verzeichnis einer grossen Sammlung gebeannter Gliizer [sale cat., Him collection] (Cologne, 1824), n.p.; Karl Eckert, S. Bernard van Ciairvaux. Glasmälereien aus dem Kreuzgang van Altenberg bei Kain (Wuppertal, 1953), 24-25; Herbert Rode in Herbst des Mittelaiters, Spi:itgotik in Kain und am Niederrhein [exh. cat., Kunsthalle] (Cologne, 1970), 71; MMAB (1971-1972), 148; “Glazed Cloisters and Their Development in the Houses of the Cistercian Order,Ó Gesta 12, nos. l and 2 (1973), 104-106, figs. 22-23; Brigitte Lymant, Die Glasmälereien des Schniitgen-Museums, Bestandskatalog (Cologne, 1982), 204-206.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 59.183.1 and 2 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
A. St. Bernard frees the people of Metz; B. St. Bernard’s dream about the healing power of the church Attributed to Anton Woensam of Worms
Inscriptions: A. METENSES INTER MO TIS FRIGID! ET MOSELLE ANIS ANGVSTIAS CONCLVS I AB HOSTE CEDVNTVR TANDE PU PATRIS BERNHARD! OPERA IN ISVLA IDA OATIS i’VI CE DEXTRIS I RECONSILIANTVR; B. Inscription below is a replacement; SI AD EA Q!NUS SOT FESTINATIS HIC FORAS DIMITTE CORPA Q DE sf.Lo ATTULISTIS *SOL! SPUS INGREDIATUR NA CARO NOPRODEST QUICQA (on band)
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