South Lowlands, Haverlee Louvain, Premonstratensian Abbey of Parc, cloister
1635-1644
Pot metal, white glass with silver stain, enamels and sanguine
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 b, d, f: 43.0 x 35.0 (16 7/8 x 13 3/4); 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 b, d, f: 41.9 x 49.5 (16 1/2 x 19 1/2); 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 b, d, f: 43.0 x 35.5 (16 7/8 x 14); panel size is regular except f 10, 11, 12, where height is 39.5 (15 1/2)
Shield and arms a replacement (d-11); some breakages; minor replacements; inscriptions and scenes do not always relate
Provenance: M. Dansaert, Brussels, 1828; Sen. William A. Clark, Montana, until 1926
Bibliography: [Libertus de Pape], Summaria cronologia insignis Ecclesiae Parchensis Ord. Pra em. sitae prope muros oppidi Lovaniensis. Ex Archivo dictae Ecclesiae in ordinem redacta per F.D.P.S.T.L., eiusdem Ecclesiae Canonicum professum (Louvain, 1662), 441-445; Jean Helbig, “Anciennes Verrieres de l’Abbaye de Parc,” Bulletin des Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 4c ser. 30 (1958), 71-82; F. Maes, “De oude glasramen van de abij van’t Park te Heverlee,” Mededelingen van de Geschied- en Oudheidk undige Kring voor Leuven en omgeving 12 (1972), 15-18.
Collection: The Corcoran Gallery of Art (District of Columbia)
Object/Accession: 26.794
b. 1-12 St. Norbert’s petition to found an order accepted by Pope Honorius II; flanked by Saints Woyzlava and Hildegund;
b. 13-18 St. Norbert shows a vision of the crucifixion to unbelievers; flanked by two abbots;
Arms: b-2. Quarterly, 1 and 4 vert a fess wavy argent 2 and 3 sable a saltire engrailed argent, surmounted by a mitre and crozier (Jan Maes, Abbot of Parc); b-6. Or an eagle displayed gules, surmounted by a ducal coronet (unidentified); b-11. Or a saltire gules four shears gules, with argent mantling surmounted by a double cross botonny or and a cardinal’s hat vert (unidentified); b-14. Vair two bars gules, surmounted by a ducal coronet (unidentified)
d. 1-12 St. Norbert leaves Abbot Cono to preach abroad; flanked by Saints Elisabeth and Radegonde;
d. 13-18 St. Norbert kneeling in front of an altar taking the vows of the Premonstratensian order; flanked by two abbots
Arms: d-2. Quarterly, 1 and 4 vert a fess wavy argent 2 and 3 sable a saltire engrailed argent (Jan Maes, Abbot of Parc); d-11. Or two cinquefoils pourpure and a quarter or three pales azure, a chief pourpure, with argent mantling surmounted by a mitre and crozier (de Waerseghere, Abbot of Parc) (a 1719 replacement)
f. 1-12 St. Norbert receives Hugh of Fosse, Evermode of Cambray and Anthony of Nivelles as companions (?); flanked by two women, one an allegorical figure of Fides (?);
f. 13-18 The ascension of St. Norbert in the form of a lily; flanked by two canonized nuns
Arms: f-2. Quarterly, l and 4 vert a fess wavy argent 2 and 3 sable a saltire engrailed argent (Jan Maes, Abbot of Parc); f-11. Argent three pales gules, on a chief azure three mallets or (Godefroide de Aetrode, Abbot of Parc)
Inscriptions: See Checklist II, pages 30-31
Jean de Caumont, after engravings by Theodore Galle
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