Detail View: The AMICA Library: Panel from a Tree of Jesse Window
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.22.25a-f
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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The Book of Isaiah presents Jesse, an ancestor of Christ, as the root of a great tree, a symbol of his illustrious progeny. In this thirteenth-century stained-glass panel from Swabia in southern Germany, Jesse lies asleep at the bottom, and the tree rises like a dream from his side. In branches coiling from the trunk , prophets hold scrolls that foretell the coming of Christ. King David holds a harp in the roundel immediately above Jesse , and the four upper roundels contain scenes from the life of Christ, from bottom to top, the Presentation in the Temple, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Ascension. The vertical trunk unifies the panel and seems to merge with the wood of the cross in the Crucifixion scene.
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Northern European; German; Swabian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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German (Swabia)
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Creator Name-CRT:
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German (Swabia)
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Title:
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Panel from a Tree of Jesse Window
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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14th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1300
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Creation End Date:
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1399
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Materials and Techniques:
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Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint
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Dimensions:
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a: 27 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (69.2 x 36.2 cm); b: 26 x 14 1/2 in. (66 x 36.8 cm); c: 25 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (65.7 x 37.4 cm); d: 24 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (62.2 x 36.2 cm); e: 25 3/8 x 19 1/2 in. (64 .4 x 49.5 cm); f: 25 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (65 x 36.2 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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22.25a-f
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Credit Line:
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Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1922
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_22.25a-f.tif
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