This panel, one of a series depicting Hebrew prophets, decorated the upper level (clerestory) of the monastic church in Braine near the cathedral town of Soissons. The large figure style was appropriate for the height. The strong saturated colors and linear modeling that enliven the presentation characterize painting from this region. Records of the abbey name Agnes of Braine (d. 1204), sister-in-law of King Louis VII, as its founder.
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Title:Abiud
Date:1195–1205
Geography:Made in Braine, France
Culture:French
Medium:Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead
Dimensions:Overall: 76 3/8 x 34 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (194 x 88.6 x 3.8 cm) Overall (installation opening): 75 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. (191.8 x 87 cm) 47a: 25 11/16 x 34 15/16 in. (65.2 x 88.7 cm) 47b: 24 3/8 x 34 7/8 in. (61.9 x 88.6 cm) 47c: 26 5/16 x 34 11/16 in. (66.8 x 88.1 cm)
Classification:Glass-Stained
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number:14.47a–c
From the south transcept of the Abbey Church of Saint-Yved, Braine (removed by 1840; possibly transferred to the Cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais at Soissons, mid-19th century; dispersed to art market after 1902); [ Bacri Frères, Paris (sold 1914)]
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Hayward, Jane. English and French Medieval Stained Glass in The Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Volume 1, edited by Mary B. Shepard, and Cynthia Clark. Corpus Vitrearum USA, Vol. 1. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003. no. 9–10, pp. 88–97, fig. 9–10.
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Stein, Wendy A. How to Read Medieval Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. no. 9, pp. 11, 50–51.
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