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Corpus Vitrearum USA

Devoted to scholarly analysis and investigation of Medieval and Renaissance stained glass

Ancestor of Christ (?)

Ancestor of Christ (?)France, Braine, Abbey Church of Saint-Yved (?)
c. 1200
Pot metal glass
179.0 x 69.0 (70 x 27 1/4); original panel 58.5 (23) h.
Upper third new except the face, which is retouched; lower third new but for a few fragments of drapery and ground

Provenance: Cathedral of Soissons (?); A. Seligmann Co., Paris;
Bibliography: Francis Henry Taylor, “A Memorial Stained Glass Window of the Middle Ages,” The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 23 (1927-1928), 13-15; D’Ascenzo (1932), 85, 87, fig. l; Louis Grodecki, “Les plus anciens vitraux de Saint-Remi de Reims,” Beitr_ge zur Kunst des Mittelalters: Festschrift fªr Hans Wentzel zum 60. Geburtstag (Berlin, 1975), 67, n. 9; Caviness (1985), 46, n. 40.

Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: 1928-40-1

Given by Mrs. John A. Brown, Jr. in memory of John A. Brown, Jr.

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Entry From: Checklist II Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art

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