France
c. 1530
Pot metal, white glass with silver stain
1a-d: 61.0 x 63.5 (24 x 25); 2a-d: 105.5 x 64.0 (41 1/2 x 25 1/4); 3a,d: 105.0 x 64.0 (41 3/8 x 25 1/4); 3b,c: 107.0 x 64.0 (42 1/8 x 25 1/4); 4a-d unmeasured
Condition is good, but the panels have been cut down at the sides, and the heraldic panels were probably not originally rectangular. Possibly laid out initially in a four-lancet bay, the panels are now mounted in two windows on the left and right of the chapel altar.
Provenance: William Randolph Hearst collection; gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst
Bibliography: Art Objects and Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection: Catalogue Raisonné [sale cat., Hammer Galleries] (New York, 1941), 132, lot 611-252.
Collection: Saint David’s School Chapel (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: No accession number listed
1a-d. Garlands with shields; Arms: Gules a cross between four ostrich plumes argent (unidentified); 2a. St. Mary Magdalen preaching to the King and Queen of Marseilles (from the Golden Legend); 2b. The King and Queen depart on pilgrimage; 2c. The King leaves the body of his dead Queen and her infant son on a desert island; 2d. The Queen and the Prince are found alive; 3a. Donor cleric with St. John the Baptist (or St. Luke), on the lectern arms as in la-d; 3b. Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen; 3c. The meal in the house of Simon; 3d. Donor knight, his coat of arms as in 1a-d, with St. Julian the Hospitaler; 4a-d. Cornice with flute-playing putti; (Larger illustration, Checklist I, page 204.)
Inscriptions: French captions beneath scenes not transcribed; initials IH or JH in lower frames; in donor panel 3a: DEUS MISERERE NOBIS; in donor panel 3d: MISERERE S JULIANI
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