Head of Christ (one of a pair)
Arnold of Nijmegen|Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist
ca. 1500–1510 · Colored, stained, and enameled glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Cut from larger compositions, the heads of Christ and Saint John the Baptist have been inserted into surrounds of various pieces of contemporaneous glass, cut and arranged to suggest clothing, pillars, vegetation, and sky. Active as a glass painter in Rouen and elsewhere in Normandy, the master, Arnold of Nijmegen, often relied on designs from Parisian workshops that were circulated around 1500.
- Artist
- Arnold of Nijmegen|Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist
- Date
- ca. 1500–1510
- Medium
- Colored, stained, and enameled glass
- Culture
- French, possibly Rouen
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
