Spain, Pamplona, Cathedral (?)
c. 1575-1585
Pot metal; white glass; silver stain; sanguine; and Jean Cousin
Original dimensions: a 1-4: 288.3 x 84.8 (112 1/4 x 33 3/8) overall; a 1: 74 x 61 (29 1/8 x 24); a 2: 82 x 42.5 (32 1/4 x 16 3/4); a 3: 68 x 76 (26 3/4 x 29 7/8); a 4: 75 x 52 (29 1/2 x 20 1/2); b 1-4: 281.9 x 86.5 (111 x 34 1/16) overall; b 1: 76.2 x 78.8 (30 x 31); b 2: 82.5 x 50.8 (32 1/2 x 20); b 3: 36.8 x 80 (14 1/2 x 31 1/2); b 4: lost; c 1-4: 279.4 x 86.4 (110 x 34) overall; c 1: 68 x 75 (26 3/4 x 29 1/2); c 2: 73 X 74.5 (28 3/4 X 29 3/8); c 3: 51.7 X 73.5 (22 7/16 X 28 7/8); c 4: 47.5 X 47.8 (18 3/4 X 18 13/16)
Irregular-shaped, insecurely leaded fragments comprising about a third of each panel survive, with the exception of b 4, which is lost
Provenance: Lucien Demotte, New York, to 26 January 1931; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1954
Bibliography: C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot nos. 894-3, 5, 6; Forest Lawn Archives (1956), lot nos. 894-3, 5, 6; Hearst sale (1941), 330, lot nos. 894-3, 5, 6; a and c ill.
Collection: Forest Lawn (Glendale, California)
Object/Accession: FL lots 6-10, 12A
a. A bishop holding a book; b. A bishop holding a flaming heart; c. A female monastic saint holding a rolled parchment and indicating the model of a church