Germany, Rhineland
c. 1450
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
A. and B. scene: 173.1 x 76.5 (68 1/4 x 30 3/16); A: 73.5 x 16.5 (28 3/4 x 6 1/2) each tracery kite; B: 72.5 x 15.5 (28 1/2 x 6 1/4) each tracery kite
A. and B. Glass heavily weathered with crizzled patination on front; tracery kites set into modern surround; B. stopgap in inscription
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Fredric B. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: The Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York)
Object/Accession: A. 43.242 B; B. 43.242 A, Both Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt
A. The Annunciation; B. The Visitation
Inscriptions: A. upper scrolls: BOVRNAM /LA HOVSSIERE; angel’s scroll: domin/us noster/ […] plena dns/ tecum benedicta; (stopgap before) plena: Nicole berthi/ Moitie de [.]; B. upper scroll: […] […] […]/[.] / nos esti; at bottom: [.]arie en tot[…]ble estat visita Saincte