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The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560

The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480–1560

Husband, Timothy B., with an essay by Ilja M. Veldman and contributions by Ellen Konowitz and Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman

1995

234 pages

477 illustrations

9.5 x 12 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Foreword
Philippe de Montebello

Acknowledgments

Lenders to the Exhibition

Introduction
Timothy B. Husband

Characteristics of Iconography in the Lowlands during the Period of Humanism and the Reformation: 1450 to 1560
Ilja M. Veldman

Color Plates

Catalogue

1. The van der Goes Group: The Early Genesis and Tobit Series

2. Diversity of Style and Imagery: about 1480 to 1520

3. The Sorgheloos Series

4. Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

5. Pieter Cornelisz, or the Monogrammist PC

6. Lucas van Leyden

7. Jan Gossaert

8. The Pseudo-Ortkens Group

9. The Roundel Series of Dirick Vellert
Ellen Konowitz

10. Pieter Coecke van Aelst and His Circle

11. Jan Swart van Groningen

12. Diversity of Style and Imagery: about 1520 to 1560

13. Lambert van Noort
Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman

14. Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth

Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits

Met Art in Publication

Pyramus and Thisbe, Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, Engraving — Pyramus and Thisbe
Lucas van Leyden
1514

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners, Master of the Story of Joseph Netherlandish, Oil on wood — Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of His Fellow Prisoners
Master of the Story of Joseph

Roundel with Susanna In Judgement, After Master of the Jospeh Panels, Jacob Van Lathem?, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, South Netherlandish — Roundel with Susanna In Judgement
After Master of the Jospeh Panels, Jacob Van Lathem?
ca. 1510–20

Roundel with Tobias Drawing the Fish from the Water, Colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint, South Netherlandish — Roundel with Tobias Drawing the Fish from the Water
South Netherlandish
1500–1510

Roundel with the Adoration of the Magi, Hans Memling Netherlandish, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, South Netherlandish or Lower German — Roundel with the Adoration of the Magi
Hans Memling
ca. 1500

Roundel with Allegorical Figure, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, South Netherlandish — Roundel with Allegorical Figure
South Netherlandish
ca. 1510–15

The Adoration of the Magi, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, German — The Adoration of the Magi
German
ca. 1510–15

Agony in the Garden, Albrecht Dürer German, Etching — Agony in the Garden
Albrecht Dürer
1515

Roundel with King Arthur Riding on a Camel (from a Series of the Nine Heroes), Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish — Roundel with King Arthur Riding on a Camel (from a Series of the Nine Heroes)
North Netherlandish
1500–1510

Roundel with Christ Condemned by Pilate, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish — Roundel with Christ Condemned by Pilate
North Netherlandish
1515–20

Allegory of Rout and Pillage, Dirck Vellert Netherlandish, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, Flemish — Allegory of Rout and Pillage
Dirck Vellert
ca. 1520

Christ Before Pilate, from "The Small Passion", Albrecht Dürer German, Woodcut — Christ Before Pilate, from "The Small Passion"
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1508

Christ Before Herod, from "The Small Passion", Albrecht Dürer German, Woodcut — Christ Before Herod, from "The Small Passion"
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1509

Ecce Homo, Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, Engraving; first state — Ecce Homo
Lucas van Leyden
1510

Roundel with Martyrdom of Saint Jacobus Intercisus, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish or South Netherlandish — Roundel with Martyrdom of Saint Jacobus Intercisus
North Netherlandish or South Netherlandish
ca. 1520

Roundel with Descent of the Damned, Dieric Bouts Netherlandish, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, South Netherlandish — Roundel with Descent of the Damned
Dieric Bouts
ca. 1500–1510

Roundel with Vanitas, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish — Roundel with Vanitas
North Netherlandish
1510–20

The Child, from "The Dance of Death", Hans Holbein the Younger German, Woodcut — The Child, from "The Dance of Death"
Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Lützelburger
ca. 1526, published 1538

Roundel with Killing of the Ox (December), Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish — Roundel with Killing of the Ox (December)
North Netherlandish
early 16th century

The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse", Albrecht Dürer German, Woodcut — The Four Horsemen, from "The Apocalypse"
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1511

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Husband, Timothy B., Ilja Maria Veldman, Ellen Konowitz, and Zsuzsanna Van Ruyven-Zeman. 1995. The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560 [Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, May 23-August 20, 1995]. New York: Metropolitan museum of art.