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Source Description
This window, part of a pair devoted to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, was made for the Lady Chapel at the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) and funded by the local lay community and pilgrims. The scenes read from bottom to top: Vincent preaching; Vincent tortured by fire; a modern replacement; Vincent in prison; Vincent's soul ascending into heaven; Vincent's body protected from wolves by a raven; and Vincent's body being cast into the sea. The window commemorates St. Vincent's life and two of his relics-his tunic and his jawbone-given as royal gifts to the monastery.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
77393
label
Stained Glass Window with Scenes from the Life of Saint Vincent
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.15 (46.65, 46.66, 46.67, 46.68)
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1
Source metadata
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77393
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https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.15 (46.65, 46.66, 46.67, 46.68)
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Stained Glass Window with Scenes from the Life of Saint Vincent
description
This window, part of a pair devoted to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, was made for the Lady Chapel at the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) and funded by the local lay community and pilgrims. The scenes read from bottom to top: Vincent preaching; Vincent tortured by fire; a modern replacement; Vincent in prison; Vincent's soul ascending into heaven; Vincent's body protected from wolves by a raven; and Vincent's body being cast into the sea. The window commemorates St. Vincent's life and two of his relics-his tunic and his jawbone-given as royal gifts to the monastery.
provenance
[From the Lady Chapel of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris]; Abbey of Saint-Denis, 1840 [as described by Baron François de Guilhermy]; Charles Tollin, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 26, 1918, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1245-1247 (Medieval)
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.15 (46.65, 46.66, 46.67, 46.68)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
stained glass
window panels
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
337.2
height
110.5
dimensionsRaw
132 3/4 x 43 1/2 in. (337.2 x 110.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
paint on stained glass
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6229
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MED
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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