Inscribed: Ysayas gloria libani data est ei decor carmeli in Saron. Is. 35:2. [translation: Isaias: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron.]
Isaias, ca. 1470
- St. Cecilia workshop, German, 1450-1475
Stained glass: pot metal; white glass and silver stain
- Overall: 12 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (31.1 × 28.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth
49.545
On View
- European: Medieval and Renaissance Gothic Chapel, Level 2, West
Department
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Details
Frederick Sidney (Moreton, Holly Place, Hampstead, Middlesex, England)
December 9, 1937, sold by (Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England) lot 74
(Frank? [unidentified dealer] Zurich, Switzerland)
Ralph and Mary Booth (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
"Family Art Game," DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News, April 14, 1985, p. 2 (ill.). Stained Glass Before 1700 in American Collections: Mid-western and Western States (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist III). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 28. Washington, DC, 1989, p. 158-159 (ill. K). Raguin, V. and H. Zakin. Stained Glass Before 1700 in the collections of the Midwest States (Corpus Vitrearum United States of America 7), vol. I, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. London, 2001, pp. 176-186.
St. Cecilia workshop, Isaias, ca. 1470, stained glass: pot metal; white glass and silver stain. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 49.545.