Ornamental Window
Unknown Artist
ca. 1180
Medium
Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint
Dimensions
Overall: 46 3/4 x 17 9/16 in. (118.7 x 44.6 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
French
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926
Accession Number
26.218.1
Art Historical Context
Step into the luminous world of 12th-century with *Ornamental Window*, stunning example of medieval stained glass created around 1180 by an unknown artist. This, narrow panel (46 3/4 x 17 9/16 inches) hails from the early Gothic, when artisans crafted vibrant windows to transform church interiors into kaleidoscopes of color and light. Housed in The Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval treasure trove, it entered the collection as a generous gift from George D. in 1926. ed from pot-metal glass—where metallic oxides were mixed into molten glass for jewel-like hues—and detailed wi...