Massacre of the Holy Innocents

Title: 
Massacre of the Holy Innocents

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Object Name: 
Glass Panel
Title: 
Massacre of the Holy Innocents
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Switzerland
Accession Number: 
56.3.192
Dimensions: 
Overall Glass W: 20.2 cm, L: 17.1 cm; Frame W: 25.9-26.1 cm, L: 28.6 cm, Th: 3.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1526
Primary Description: 
A clear, glass pane, with numerous bubbles. Edges have been intentionally chipped. Polychrome painting and gilding on one side, covered with a thick layer of green paint. One corner has been broken and repaired, mounted in a wooden frame with four large wooden hinges.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
MacPherson, William J., Source
Category: 
Renaissance
Baroque
Color: 
colorless
polychrome
brown
Technique: 
reverse painting on glass
gilding
Material: 
glass
wood
paint
gold

Publications (6)

Deutsche und niederländische Hinterglasmalerei vom Mittelalter bis zur Renaissance (2016) illustrated, p. 113 (abb. 3); BIB# 168917
Die Freiburger Glasmalerei Des 16 Bis 18 Jahrhunderts (2014) illustrated, p. 823;
Die Schaffhauser Glasmalerei Des 16. Bis 18 Jahrhunderts (2010) illustrated, p. 132; BIB# 119866
[The] Corning Museum of Glass (Hrsg.): Journal of Glass Studies, Vol. 48. -- Corning: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2006 (2007) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# AI74841
Things Not to Miss in the Corning Museum of Glass (1991) illustrated, p. 115; BIB# AI30136
Reverse Paintings on Glass: The Mildred Lee Ward Collection (1978) illustrated, p. 114, #436; BIB# 29255