Cleveland Museum of Art

Stained Glass Roundel with an Angel Holding a Scroll

Date

c. 1425–1450

Medium

Stained glass (pot-metal and painted grisaille)

Culture

France, 15th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The term pot-metal refers to glass that received its color in the melting pot when various metallic oxides were added. It was then possible to paint the surface of the glass in order to outline, decorate, and define details such as eyes and hair--as may be observed on this stained glass panel.

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