France, Rouen (?)
c. 1535-1540
Pot metal; white glass; silver stain and sanguine
a and b 1-8: 339.3 x 115.5 (133 1/2 x 45 1/2) overall; panel heights, a and b 1: 43.0 (16 15/16); a and b 2: 42.5 (16 3/4); a and b y 43.0 (16 15/16); a and b 4: 42.5 (16 3/4); a and b 5: 43.5 (17 1/8); a and b 6: 44.0 (17 5/16); a and b 7: 43.3 (17); a and b 8: 37.5 (14 3/4); c and d l-8: 346.0 x 115.5 (l36 1/4 x 45 1/2) overall; panel heights, c and d l: 42.7 (16 13/16); c and d 2: 42.8 (16 1/8); c and d 3: 42.7 (16 13/16); c and d 4: 42.3 (16 5/8); c and d 5: 42.5 (16 3/4); c and d 6: 42.5 (16 3/4); c and d 7: 43 (16 15/16); c and d 8: 47.5 (18 3/4); e and f 1-8: 343.8 x 116.0 (135 3/8 x 45 3/8) overall; panel heights, e and f l: 43.2 (17); e and f 2: 42.5 (16 3/4); e and f 3: 42.8 (16 1/8); e and f 4: 42.5 (16 3/4); e and f 5: 42.5 (16 3/4); e and f 6: 42.5 (16 3/4); e and f 7: 43 (16 15/16); e and f 8: 45 (17 3/4)
Some restoration in all three subjects, most notably the head of the Virgin in d 5
Provenance: Said to be from the collection of Maximillian and Phillip of Spain; Lucien Demotte, Paris, to 30 March 1926; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1954
Bibliography: C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot nos. 1366-1, 2, 3; Forest Lawn Archives (1956), lot nos. 1366-1, 2, 3.
Collection: Forest Lawn (Glendale, California)
Object/Accession: FL lots 1-24, 48, 49
a and b 1-8. Annunciation; c and d 1-8. Visitation; e and f 1-8. Saints John the Baptist and Mary Magdalen
Inscription: b 3 (engraved on back of glass): X Jean Au.eluce Louis/ a R[…] panaux/ [.Jn [.]815 / en[…]nu…tous/ L[..] vit[.]aux/ de la parroise S[]-N[]