France, Rouen, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, nave aisle window
c. 1200-1202
Pot metal glass
A: 63.5 x 59.7 (25 x 23 1/2); B: 62.6 x 59 (24 5/8 x 23 1/4)
Ornamental grounds and pearled fillets of both panels, and edge fillet of A are modern; replacements include the upper right corner of A, upper left corner of B, and portions of drapery in A
Provenance: Bacri Frères, Paris; Henry C. Lawrence, New York
Bibliography: Lawrence sale (1921), 36-38, ill.; Jane Hayward in Gómez-Moreno (1968), nos. 183-184; Jane Hayward in Hoffmann (1970), 202-204; Jean Lafond, “Un vitrail des Sept Dormants d’Ephèse, Séance du 14 octobre,” Bulletin de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France (1970), 262-264; Jean Lafond, “La verrière des Sept Dormants d’Ephèse et l’ancienne vitrerie de la Cathédrale de Rouen,” in The Year 1200: A Symposium (New York, 1975), 399-416; Jane Hayward in Hayward and Cahn (1982), 149-152; Sauerländer (1982), 388; Grodecki and Brisac (1984), 48; Michael W. Cothren, “The Case of Rouen Cathedral: An Art Historical Detective Story,” Vanderbilt Alumnus 70:1 (1984), 21-25, 34; Michael W. Cothren, “The Case of the Seven Sleepers: An Art History Detective Story,” Swarthmore College Bulletin (June 1986), 41-47; Cothren (1986B).
Collection: The Glencairn Museum (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 03.SG.49; B. 03.SG.51
A. Malchus seized while trying to buy bread with an ancient coin; B. Malchus accused before the bishop and prefect of Ephesus
Inscription: B: ·EC OR HIC ANTE PRESULEM DUCITUR
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