Figure of an Archangel (?)
- British artist
British artist, Figure of an Archangel(?), 1400s-1500s. Stained glass and lead; 12 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (31.4 × 31.8 cm). Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, 2020.14
Artist not known
Figure of an Archangel(?), 1400s-1500s
Glass, lead
14 x 12 in. (35.5 x 30.5 cm)
Promised Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, TL-18661
This piece of stained glass represents a winged, crowned figure set within a four-lobed design and inserted into a frame of lead and clear glass. The image was created at a time when England was still Roman Catholic. It was likely cut from a church window, possibly to be replaced by an alternate image. The piece could represent an effort to salvage elements from a Roman Catholic church stripped of religious art following Henry VIII’s founding of the Church of England.
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