Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Classical author writing (Lowlands, 17th century), Imperial eagle held by man with keys and a grain flail to thresh wheat (German or Swiss). Bearded male head (English 14th century)

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Classical author writing (Lowlands, 17th century), Imperial eagle held by man with keys and a grain flail to thresh wheat (German or Swiss). Bearded male head (English 14th century)

Stained glass
AZ272
Provenance

Acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York, and installed in his library 1907-1909.

Summary

The top center panel features a man in a hat holding a ring of keys and a grain flail. Next to him is a crest with a double headed eagle and crown. On the left of this is a seated male figure holding a writing tablet, while on the right is a large head of a bearded man. Below this is a roundel with a male martyr holding a palm frond, and is flanked by two fragments featuring swans. At the bottom of the scene is a fragment with a dolphin.

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