Currently not on view
Composite panel with a haloed head, possibly that of an angel,
ca. 1425
British
y1946-98
This roundel was made up in the early twentieth century, using extraneous old glass surrounding an original head with a halo-probably from the region of Norfolk.
Information
Title
Composite panel with a haloed head, possibly that of an angel
Dates
ca. 1425
Medium
Pot metal and colorless glass with silver stain
Dimensions
diam. 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
head: diam. 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection
Object Number
y1946-98
Place Made
Europe, England
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Bashford Dean. Carl Otto von Kienbusch; 1946 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.
- "Recent accessions", Record of the Museum of Historic Art, Princeton University 6, no. 1/2 (1947): p. 7., p. 8
- R. G. Calkins, A medieval treasury: an exhibition of Medieval art from the third to the sixteenth century, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1968)., no. 67, p. 148
- "The Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr., Memorial Collection," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, vol. 36, no. 2 (1977): p. 24-32., p. 32
