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Saint Bertha of Flanders, Abbess of Blangy-En-Artois Holding a Model of Her Church

Saint Bertha of Flanders, Abbess of Blangy-En-Artois Holding a Model of Her ChurchSouthern Lowlands, Flanders or Brabant
c. 1520-1530
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
71.4 x 49.5 (28 1/8 x 19 1/2)
Shatter cracks at top of panel; one loss; severe pitting; marked N4

Provenance: Sir Thomas Neave, Bart., Dagnam Park, Essex; Grosvenor Thomas, London; Roy Grosvenor Thomas, New York, to 1923; Felix Warburg, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rothschild, New York
Bibliography: Grosvenor Thomas Stock Book no. I, 100-101, item no. 4; unpublished

Collection: The Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York)
Object/Accession: 55.84.1, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rothschild

Arms: Ermine a chevron cendre three bezants or twice repeated
Inscriptions: above scene: zare sopites redeute suscipe mebris/ i anima tuq ipse foras te prome sepulchro; on border of cloth: MATER DEi [.]EMENTO MEI; on parapet: RTA; capital base left: M; capital base right: w

Entry From: Checklist III: Addenda Filed Under: Brooklyn, New York, The Brooklyn Museum

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