Glasmalerei mit Maria als Himmelskönigin

Stained glass pane with Mary as Queen of Heaven, ca. 1510

ArtistWerkstatt Hermann Pentelynck (zugeschrieben), active ca. 1510

Leaded stained glass

(H x W)31,5 x 27,5 cm

Status

not on display

About the workThe depiction of Mary as Queen of Heaven is a reference to the biblical Book of Revelation: “And there appeared […] a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head.” The motif is part of a long-standing Middle Eastern tradition in which the Sumerian goddess Inanna and the Akkadian goddess Ishtar, for example, were worshipped as queens of heaven. The pane is an original from the northern nave of Cologne Cathedral. During restoration in the nineteenth century, damaged panes were replaced by copies.

AccessionAcquired 1927 from the Kunstgewerbemuseum

Provenance[...]; bis 21.6.1887 Dr. Franz Johann Joseph Bock, Kanonikus, Geistlicher und Kunsthistoriker (Aachen-Burtscheid 1823-1899 Aachen); 21.6.1887 - 1927 ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum Düsseldorf (1883-1927) angekauft von Bock; 1927 übernommen aus dem Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inventory numberP 12421

Contact

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