Composite Window of English Stained Glass

Composite Window of English Stained Glass

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The stained glass in this window was assembled by an English dealer early in the twentieth century from at least four different sources. Much of the glass comes from the area of Gloucestershire; additional figures from the apostles and saints series are now in the church of Saint Mary's in Temple Guiting. On the figure of the king, the delicate and richly ornamented style (seen especially in the delicate brocading of the robe) is characteristic of glazing practices in Oxford and London.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.