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
Set in a panel composed of fragments of glass from the 15th-17th centuries; modern border. There are 3 scenes in the roundel. In the far background is the birth. A woman (Elizabeth) lays in bed attended by her midwives. One midwife sits on the ground with the baby, John. In the middle ground to the right is the scene of the circumcision which is taking place in a circular porch. In the foreground is the scene of the naming. A man in regal dress holds a piece of paper. He is surrounded by three men and a dog.
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
