Design for Saint Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina
This design for the main apse of Saint Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina, shows the interior architectural decoration and stained-glass windows to be executed by Tiffany Studios. The central window depicts Saint Michael slaying the dragon. The image is based on a well-known painting by Raphael that now hangs in the Louvre. It was common practice to use old master paintings as sources for ecclesiastical stained glass. Tiffany Studios designed and installed the window in 1893 and completed the architectural decoration over a decade later, around 1905.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for Saint Michael's Church, Charleston, South Carolina
- Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: ca. 1905
- Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin USA
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor, pen and metallic ink, and graphite pencil on artist board
- Dimensions: 28 15/16 × 21 1/16 in. (73.5 × 53.5 cm)
Other (Design): 23 3/16 × 18 5/8 in. (58.9 × 47.3 cm)
Mat: 32 × 25 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
Framed (AW E): 33 × 26 in. (83.8 × 66 cm) - Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.654.49
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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