Abiud
Unknown Artist
1195–1205
Medium
Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead
Dimensions
Overall: 76 3/8 x 34 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (194 x 88.6 x 3.8 cm) Overall (installation opening): 75 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. (191.8 x 87 cm) 47a: 25 11/16 x 34 15/16 in. (65.2 x 88.7 cm) 47b: 24 3/8 x 34 7/8 in. (61.9 x 88.6 cm) 47c: 26 5/16 x 34 11/16 in. (66.8 x 88.1 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
French
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
14.47a–c
Art Historical Context
This stained-glass panel titled *Abiud*, created in France between 1195 and 1205, represents a remarkable survival of medieval craftsmanship. Produced during the height of the Gothic era, when cathedrals across northern France were being filled with luminous windows, the work belongs to a larger narrative series likely illustrating biblical genealogy. Its French origin and placement in the Metropolitan Museum’s Medieval Art collection underscore its role in the spiritual and artistic life of the period, when light itself was seen as a divine symbol. Crafted from pot-metal glass colored while ...