France, northern, Laonnais (?)
1543
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
A: 167.5 x 66.5 (64 15/16 x 26 3/16) without modern borders; B: 169 x 68 (66 1/5 x 26 3/4) without modern borders
Modern borders in Renaissance style added during a recent restoration; some retouching throughout; A. Replacements in draperies, all of curved arch above figure, and section of face to right
Provenance: Atelier of Leprevost, restorer and artist in stained glass, Paris (?); William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles
Bibliography: Related Materials: Same cartoon used for figure of Saint Nicholas ?, first half of the 16th century, church of Notre-Dame, La Ferte-Milon (Aisne), Corpus Vitrearum M edii Aevi, France, Recensement I, 159, pl. XXX; Nicholas cartoon copied by Leprevost for a widow of the parish church of Charly (Aisne), Jules Roussel, Vitraux du XIIIe au XVIe siecle, suivi d’une collection de verrières modernes executees par M. Leprevost (Paris, 1913), 83.
Collection: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
Object/Accession: A. 55276; B. 55277
A. Bishop Saint (Martin?) (55276) B. Saint Nicholas (55277)
Inscription: A. 1543