Unidentified
Birth, Circumcision, and Naming of John the Baptist
1509
Physical Qualities
White glass, yellow silver stain, and paint, 9 in. diam. (22.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1941.399.2b
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1941; The Baltimore Museum of Art on extended loan, 1941; Saidie A. May by purchase, 1941; Gimbel's, New York; William Randolph Hearst, New York, by purchase 1927; Joseph Brummer, New York; Harding, London, after 1924; Sneyd Family, Keele Hall, Staffordshire, after 1842; Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, by purchase 1747-1750
Strawberry Hill sale, 1842, pp. 240-241, lot no. 30, 31 or 32.
"Old English and French Furniture, Porcelain and Objects of Art being a portion of the Sneyd Heirlooms removed from Keele Hall, Staffordshire," Christies, London, June 26, 1924, lot 63.
"Art Objects & Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection," NY: William Bradford Press, 1941, no. 138-23, p. 145, ill.
"Catalogue of the Collections of William Randolph Hearst," Greenville, NY: C. W. Post Center of Long Island University, Special Collections Library, ms. [International Studio Art Corp.], 1939, vol. III [Stained Glass], lot no. 138, art. 23.
Berserik, c.j., "Niet-monmentaal gebrandschilderd glas en ontwerpen uit Leiden, ca. 1480-1545, een catalogus:, Ph.D. disertation, University of Leiden, 1982, part I, No.11, fig. 20
'Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collection: Silver-Stained Roundels and Unipartite Panels (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist IV),' "Studies in the History of Art," Vol. 39. WDC: National Gallery of Art, p. 89.
Inscribed: On paper in Zechariah's hand, "JOH"
Maker
Unidentified
On View: Jacobs, Gallery 6
