Renaissance Stained Glass Panel of a Bishop Saint Reading From the Bible

NORTHERN FRANCE, CIRCA 1520-1540 A.D.

8 in. (222 grams, 20 cm).

Tongue-shaped panel with polychrome figure of a bishop standing wearing a mitre, alb and chasuble, holding a processional cross in one hand and a large book in the other, head tilted forward and eyes lowered in the act of reading; lead cames with loop to the apex; cracked and repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

De Baecque Vente aux enchere, 8 June 2023, no.511 (part).
Ex central London gallery.

CONDITION

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