Saint Nicholas
Unknown Artist
1340–50
Medium
Pot-metal glass, colorless glass, and vitreous paint
Dimensions
35 x 13 in. (88.9 x 33 cm) with modern border: 35 7/8 × 19 × 5/8 in. (91.1 × 48.3 × 1.6 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
Austrian
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1965
Accession Number
65.97.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite stained-glass panel, titled *Saint Nicholas*, hails from Austria around 1340–50 and captures the revered bishop saint in a classic medieval pose, clad in episcopal robes and holding a crozier, the staff symbolizing his authority.ed from vibrant pot-metal glass—where metal oxides create rich, translucent colors—combined with colorless glass and detailed vitreous paint for facial features and folds, it exemplifies the technical mastery of Gothic-era glassmakers. Now housed in The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Cloisters Collection, 1965), its original 35 x 13 in....