Lot 800 D α

A fragment of a stained glass church window with two saints

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
19.05.2017, 17:00 - Selected Works of Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

A fragment of a stained glass church window with two saints

Tracing black decor, yellow enamel, and blue, red, and purple slips. The leading replaced. With busts of a male saint with a book and a lance (possibly Paul of Tarsus), and a crowned female saint with a cross and a ring, framed by Mannerist columns and set against a landscape background. With traces of rust, some panels replaced, some cracks. Ca. 59 x 52 cm, with frame 57.7 x 64.3 cm.
Rhineland, possibly Cologne, first quarter 16th C.

Literature

For this type cf.: cat. Rheinische Glasmalerei. Werke der Renaissance, vol. II, Regensburg 2007, no. 112 ff.