Cleveland Museum of Art

Stained Glass Panel with Aconite Leaves

Date

c. 1275–1300

Medium

pot-metal and white glass, silver stain

Culture

France, Alsace(?), 13th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This stained glass panel is decorated in a grisaille (monochromatic) technique but also includes a colored border using pot-metal glass. The original source of the glass is unknown. The ban of 1134 by the Cistercian Order against using figural art and brightly colored glass suggests this panel may derive from a window in one of that order’s churches. This is the earliest stained glass in the museum’s collection.

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