Figure of an Archangel (?)

Figure of an Archangel (?)

15th century - 16th century
Artist
British artist
Country
England
Object
stained glass
Medium
Stained glass and lead
Accession Number
2020.14
Credit Line
Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust

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

Dimensions
height: 12 3/8 in, 31.4325 cm; width: 12 1/2 in, 31.75 cm; depth: 1/4 in, 0.635 cm; overall height: 13 1/8 in, 33.3375 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900

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.

Known Provenance
Private collection, England; Sarandon Associates, Tortola, British Virgin Islands; from which acquired by William M. B. and Bernadette Berger, Denver, 1998; Berger Collection Educational Trust; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2020. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.

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