Stained Glass Panel with Saint Roch, the van Merle Family Arms and a Donor

16th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 306

It is possible this striking panel is a posthumous representation of Gudula van Merle, who died of the plague in 1502. St. Roch, the pilgrim saint invoked against this terrible disease, stands behind her. The shape of the panel suggests it originally was part of the glazing in the familly's private chapel

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Title: Stained Glass Panel with Saint Roch, the van Merle Family Arms and a Donor
Date: 16th century
Geography: Made in Cologne, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Pot metal, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain
Dimensions: Overall (with 2 T-bars): 82 7/8 x 29 5/16 x 3/8 in. (210.5 x 74.5 x 0.9 cm)
installation opening: 80 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (205.1 x 73 cm)
a: 33 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 3/8 in. (84.5 x 74.3 x 0.9 cm)
b: 34 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 3/8 in. (87 x 74.3 x 0.9 cm)
c: 14 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 3/8 in. (36.2 x 74.3 x 1 cm)
Classification: Glass-Stained
Credit Line: Gift of Duveen Brothers, 1912
Object Number: 12.216a–c
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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