Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral / Artist Unknown, Reims, France
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- Accession Number
- 1979/1.161
- Title
- Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Medium and Support
- colored and painted glass and lead
- Object Creation Date
- 1280-1310
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Champagne-Ardenne (region)
- Reims
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Champagne-Ardenne (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Reims
- Style/Group/Movement
- Gothic
- Dimensions
- 65.7 cm x 36.5 cm x 0.9 cm (25 7/8 in. x 14 3/8 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- late 13th-early 14th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- window
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- architectural element
- Physical Description
- A lunette-shaped panel composed of red, blue, white, brownish purple and yellowish brown stained glass joined together by lead cames depicting a seraph. Four leafy fronds, taken from another medieval window, have been inserted here between the seraph's head and shoulders. The panel is the upper half of a roundel originally installed in the west rose window of Reims Cathedral.
- Subject Matter
- A half-length figure of a seraph, the highest of all the orders of angels, appears with arms outstretched in the center of this stained glass panel, which formed the upper half of a medallion from the enormous west rose window of Reims Cathedral. A vivid blue halo encircles the seraph's head, and two of his wings open behind his arms while another pair are folded over his chest. Originally installed high above the cathedral floor, this seraph along with twenty-three other angels glorified the heavenly assumption of the Virgin Mary depicted in the center of the rose window.
- Secondary Keywords
- angels
- animals and creatures
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
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- europe (continent)
- france (nation)
- geographic and political locations
- glass
- glass and glassmaking mixtures
- glass by technique
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by form
- openings (architectural elements)
- openings and opening components
- openings by form
- people and culture
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- windows
- windows and window components
- windows by form
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1216 x 688
- File Size
- 90 KB
- Record
- 1979/1.161
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"Seraph, half of a medallion from the west rose window of Reims Cathedral; Artist Unknown, Reims, France." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1979-sl-1.161/1979_1.161lit.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
