The Virgin and Child
CultureFrench or Flemish
Date16th century
MediumStained and painted glass
DimensionsFramed: 29 1/4 x 17 inches (74.3 x 43.18 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number44-49/9
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On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionImagery depicts Madonna and Child.Gallery LabelThe Virgin, crowned as the Queen of Heaven, cradles the Christ Child in her arm, and in her right hand holds an apple symbolizing Christ's future mission as the Redeemer of mankind from Original Sin. Christ reaches toward the fruit while holding an orb symbolizing his divine sovereignty. Several areas of this window, such as the Virgin's hair, were rendered in transparent yellow pigment. This color was achieved by painting a solution of silver oxide on clear glass, which became a permanent yellow stain when fired. Details were then painted onto the stain with black enamel to indicate such things as the curls of the Virgin's long, blonde hair, the Virgin's crown and the detailed foliate background.
With Galerie Taillemas, Paris, by September 15, 1928;
Purchased from Taillemas by Brummer Gallery, Paris and New York, stock no. P5268, September 15, 1928-December 1, 1944 [1];
Purchased from Brummer, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944.
NOTES:
[1] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cloisters Library and Archive, Brummer Gallery Records, Glass, stained glass, and crystal, Object inventory card number P5268.
Madeline HarrisonCaviness. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections : Corpus Vitrearum Checklist III. (Washington, D.C. : Hanover [N.H.]: National Gallery of Art ; Distributed by the University Press of New England, 1985), 200 (repro.).
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