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Saint Barbara Holding a Tower, with the Arms of the City of Maastrict below (from a series with The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints)

1440–46
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 16

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Barbara Holding a Tower, with the Arms of the City of Maastrict below (from a series with The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints)
  • Date: 1440–46
  • Geography: Made in Middle Rhine Valley, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain
  • Dimensions: Each window 12 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 28 1/4 in. (337.2 x 71.8 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Stained
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.52.6
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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