France, Mantes-la-Jolie, Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, oculus of tribune
c. 1225-1235
Pot metal glass
61.0 x 45.5 (24 x 17 7/8)
The ornamental edge to the left is new, and the ground is heavily restored; the original glasses in the figural composition are partially obscured by a false patina
Provenance: Gift of William A. Viall and William C. Dart
Bibliography: “From bulls eye in triforium of Mantes Cath.Ó Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Department of Prints, Album 93 E.6, no. 8825.64 (anonymous 19th-century watercolor tracing); L.E.R., “An Early Stained Glass Window from Bourges,Ó Bulletin of tl1e Rhode Island School of Design 7 (1919), 14-16.
Collection: Rhode Island School of Design: Museum of Art (Providence, Rhode Island)
Object/Accession: 19.044
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