1984.207: Crucifixion in Fountain of Life with Saint Peter, a Warrior Saint, and a Donor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1984.207

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Crucifixion in Fountain of Life with Saint Peter, a Warrior Saint, and a Donor

Classification

Stained Glass

Work Type

stained glass

Date

c. 1520

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Flemish?

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227558

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pot metal, white glass with silver stain

Dimensions

26.9 cm diam. x 1 cm depth (10 9/16 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in image, paint, Latin: [on scroll at left:] OPVS.MANVV.TVABV.RE.DES PICIAS.DNE; [around cross:] MIA/DNI/PLENA/EST; [on scroll at right:] MISERER.MEI.DEVS; [at bottom of cross:] TERRA
• inscription: lower edge of glass, white paint: 197
• inscription: lower center of leading, red paint: 40.46

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Philip Hofer, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer

Accession Year

1984

Object Number

1984.207

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Depicts a warrior saint at left, holding a book and sword and treading on a turbanned man; at the right is St. Peter and the donor. Outer border of green glass, with a ring of blue glass inside that, painted with perpendicular stripes to simulate the pattern of the leading.

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