Christ Stilling the Tempest (one of a set of 12 scenes from The Life of Christ)
ca. 1520–25
Medium
Stained glass
Dimensions
Overall: 26 × 19 1/2 in. (66 × 49.5 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
Flemish, Leuven
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Henry Goldman, 1944
Accession Number
44.114.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Christ Stilling the Tempest*, a luminous stained glass panel by Flemish artist Jan Romb, created around 1520–25 in Leuven, Belgium. This vibrant work captures the biblical miracle from the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus calms a raging storm on the Sea of Galilee, his terrified disciples in a boat. As one of a dozen panels depicting scenes from *The Life of*, it originally adorned a church window, transforming sunlight into a divine narrative. Rombouts, a master glass painter from Leuven's thriving Renaissance workshops, employed traditional techniques like pot-metal glass—colored duri...