Female Saint
This figure and a companion piece in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, have distinctive stylistic features, such as the voluminous but graceful drapery and the large, heavily shaded eyes, that are the hallmarks of a late Gothic style produced by a workshop in Norfolk.
Artwork Details
- Title: Female Saint
- Date: ca. 1450
- Culture: British
- Medium: Pot-metal, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain
- Dimensions: Overall: 24 3/8 x 10 7/8 x 3/8 in. (61.9 x 27.6 x 1 cm)
Overall (installation opening): 23 1/2 x 10 1/16 in. (59.7 x 25.6 cm) - Classification: Glass-Stained
- Credit Line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
- Object Number: 41.170.67
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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