A stained glass roundel titled "Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor," ca. 1515. Basil is shown vested as a bishop beside a kneeling donor figure, honored as one of the Cappadocian fathers who shaped the ascetic and liturgical life of the Eastern church. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, under accession 32.24.39.
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MediumColorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, ca. 1515, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.24.39 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Source Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
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The Met's own title for this roundel names the subject outright, "Saint Basil the Great," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 32.24.39
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A stained glass roundel titled "Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor," ca.
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