- Period
- Gothic
- Date
- c. 1275–1300
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1977.89
Stained Glass Panel with Aconite Leaves
Unknown maker, c. 1275–1300
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Ella Brummer in Memory of her Husband, Ernest Brummer · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1275–1300
- Medium
- pot-metal and white glass, silver stain
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55.9 x 33.4 cm (22 x 13 1/8 in.)
- Period
- Gothic
The record
Why it matters
This stained glass panel is decorated in a grisaille (monochromatic) technique but also includes a colored border using pot-metal glass. The original source of the glass is unknown. The ban of 1134 by the Cistercian Order against using figural art and brightly colored glass suggests this panel may derive from a window in one of that order’s churches. This is the earliest stained glass in the museum’s collection.