Lancet Redemption Window
- Artist Culture
- French
- Date
- c.1220
- Material
- Pot-metal glass
- Classification
- Architectural elements, glassware
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- framed: 108 3/8 x 17 1/2 in. (275.2 x 44.5 cm)
stained glass including yellow glass (border added later): 102 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (259.4 x 32.7 cm)
stained glass without yellow glass (border added later): 100 11/16 x 11 7/16 in. (255.7 x 29.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
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- Object Number
- 3:1935
NOTES
This stained glass window features images of the final events of Christ’s life. A central panel illustrates the Crucifixion, Christ’s death on the cross. Just below, at Christ’s empty tomb, three women are met by an angel who tells them he has risen from the dead. Above the Crucifixion, Christ prays in the garden, a later replacement for the original panel that depicted Christ’s ascension into heaven. The scenes above and below the Crucifixion emphasize Christ’s victory over death. In this context, the viewer can understand the topmost image of the triumphant heavenly judge, Christ in majesty, seated in a rainbow-colored mandorla, an almond-shaped aura, with a halo around his head. He is surrounded by four winged beasts (clockwise from lower left—lion, man, eagle, and ox) symbolizing the gospel writers Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke.
Provenance
- 1930
Church of Montreuil-sur-Loir, France [1]
- 1933
J. Charbonnel, La Flèche, France [2]
1933 - 1935
Brummer Gallery, Inc. (Joseph Brummer, d.1947), New York, NY, USA, purchased from J. Charbonnel [3]
1935 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Brummer Gallery, Inc. [4]
Notes:
[1] The window formerly belonged to the late 12th-early 13th century parish church at Montreuil-sur-Loir, approximately 12 miles northeast of Angers [Hayward, Jane. "The Angevine Style of Glass Painting." Vol. 1. Dissertation, Yale University, 1958, pp. 251-66]. A 1977 publication states the window remained at the Church of Montreuil-sur-Loire until 1930 when it was replaced by a copy [Grodecki, Louis. "Le Vitrail Roman." Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre, 1977, p. 88].
[2] According to notes of the Joseph Brummer files taken by Michael Carter at the Cloisters Library and Archives, New York, NY, the window belonged to J. Charbonnel, La Flèche, before it was purchased by Brummer Galleries, Inc. on July 26, 1933 [email from Michael Carter, Brummer files, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, dated October 21, 2003, SLAM document files]. The circumstances in which J. Charbonnel acquired the piece are unknown.
[3] See note [2].
[4] Invoice from Brummer Gallery, Inc. dated February 11, 1935 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 6, 1935.
Church of Montreuil-sur-Loir, France [1]
- 1933
J. Charbonnel, La Flèche, France [2]
1933 - 1935
Brummer Gallery, Inc. (Joseph Brummer, d.1947), New York, NY, USA, purchased from J. Charbonnel [3]
1935 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Brummer Gallery, Inc. [4]
Notes:
[1] The window formerly belonged to the late 12th-early 13th century parish church at Montreuil-sur-Loir, approximately 12 miles northeast of Angers [Hayward, Jane. "The Angevine Style of Glass Painting." Vol. 1. Dissertation, Yale University, 1958, pp. 251-66]. A 1977 publication states the window remained at the Church of Montreuil-sur-Loire until 1930 when it was replaced by a copy [Grodecki, Louis. "Le Vitrail Roman." Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre, 1977, p. 88].
[2] According to notes of the Joseph Brummer files taken by Michael Carter at the Cloisters Library and Archives, New York, NY, the window belonged to J. Charbonnel, La Flèche, before it was purchased by Brummer Galleries, Inc. on July 26, 1933 [email from Michael Carter, Brummer files, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, dated October 21, 2003, SLAM document files]. The circumstances in which J. Charbonnel acquired the piece are unknown.
[3] See note [2].
[4] Invoice from Brummer Gallery, Inc. dated February 11, 1935 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 6, 1935.