Stained Glass Roundel with an Angel Holding a Scroll (c. 1425–50): Art, History and Details
Stained Glass Roundel with an Angel Holding a Scroll at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1425–50, Stained glass (pot-metal and painted grisaille). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Stained Glass Roundel with an Angel Holding a Scroll (c. 1425–50) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The term pot-metal refers to glass that received its color in the melting pot when various metallic oxides were added. It was then possible to paint the surface of the glass in order to outline, decorate, and define details such as eyes and hair--as may be observed on this stained glass panel.
Object facts
- Title: Stained Glass Roundel with an Angel Holding a Scroll
- Date: c. 1425–50
- Culture: France
- Type: Glass
- Technique: Stained glass (pot-metal and painted grisaille)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1921.105
Collection credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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