Fragment

Art Historical Context

This delicate *Fragment* of stained glass, created by an unknown European artist sometime between the 12th 15th centuries, a glimpse into the luminous world of medieval ecclesiastical art. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Medieval Department, it exemplifies the era's masterful use of colored glass to transform sunlight into storytelling spectacles. Likely salvaged from a larger church window, such fragments were common survivors of time, war, and architectural changes, preserving vibrant hues achieved through metal oxides fused into pot-metal glass. Stained glass reached its zenith ...