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LOT 0359
Medieval Stained Glass Panel of the Annunciate Virgin
WESTERN FRANCE, 1250-1275 A.D.
22 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (1.92 kg, 53 x 23.5 cm).
Depicting Mary clad in red and green, with a green halo outlining her head, raising her hands in exclamation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEglise Saint-Malo, Dinan, France, by repute.
Acquired from the above by Mr and Mrs Junius P. Morgan, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
The Dalva Brothers collection.
Accompanied by a previous cataloguing document.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12994-246433.
Although her garments are uncharacteristic of figures of the Virgin, she nevertheless almost certainly represents Mary as she appeared in a scene of the Annunciation. Both in terms of the choice of colours, and in the style and treatment of her features and drapery folds, she can be compared very closely with window panels from the third quarter of the thirteenth century removed from the Church of Saint Radegonde in Poitiers, including a window now in the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn which shows in its lowermost vignette an identically dressed Virgin riding side saddle on a donkey during her flight into Egypt (fig. 1a-b).
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LOT 0359
Medieval Stained Glass Panel of the Annunciate Virgin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
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Medieval Gilt Bronze Plaques of Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Evangelist
Italian, 16th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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Private collection, UK.
