$1,300
English, circa 1475-1500. A Gothic stained glass window or door with square quarries inset with panel depicting a male donor cloaked in red accompanied by his wife in a blue gown, the pair kneeling in a Gothic church interior with a female attendant standing behind them, the figural scene surrounded by smaller panels adorned with foliate and floral painted decoration and a yellow shield form coat of arms with three black birds (three martlets sable). Glasses set in a later casement with leaded grid of glasses in a wood frame. Overall approximately 60.25" x 21". Period glass panel approximately 19.75" x 15.5". Provenance: Roy Grosvenor Thomas, New York, to 1923, whereby acquired by S. Vernon Mann, New York and Great Neck, NY, to 1932. Acquired by the Estate of Dr. Woody Cobbs and Mrs. Honor Cobbs, Atlanta, Georgia from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, as part of lot 37, sale 2693, April 27, 1968.Bibliography: Grosvenor Thomas Stock Book No. 1, 38-38, item no. 412; “Fine English Furniture, Early English Stained Glass, English & Chinese Porcelains, Georgian Silver Collected by S. Vernon Mann (sale cat., American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, 29-30 January) (New York, 1932), 66, lot no. 250, ill SG1.Reference: Studies in the History of Art, Volume 28, Stained Glass before 1700 American Collections: Midwestern and Western States, Corpus Vitrearum Checklist III, published by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-04-30
