Roundel with Saint Peter as Pope
Unknown Artist
ca. 1525
Medium
Colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint
Dimensions
13 × 1/4 in. (33 × 0.6 cm) figurative area only: 8 3/4 × 1/8 in. (22.2 × 0.3 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
South Netherlandish
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1932
Accession Number
32.24.62
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate stained glass roundel, created by an unknown South Netherland artist around 1525, depicts Saint enthroned as the first, symbolized by the keys of heavenly authority clutched in his hands. Roundels like this were small, circular panels popular in the Renaissance Low Countries, often adorning private homes, chapels, or secular buildings rather than grand cathedrals. Housed in The Cloisters Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art since1932, it exemplifies the refined glasswork of the region during a period of religious fervor and artistic innovation. Crafted from thin sheets o...