A stained glass roundel panel of the Cologne School, Germany, dated circa 1470 to 1480, showing the prophet Isaiah emerging from a crown and holding a scroll inscribed "PUER NATUS EST NOBIS," a child is born to us. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number C.48-1919, given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
Facts
Physical Form
MediumStained glass roundel, Cologne School, Germany, circa 1470 to 1480, Victoria and Albert Museum C.48-1919 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source The Prophet Isaiah, museum number C.48-1919 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Source The Prophet Isaiah, museum number C.48-1919 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The roundel's directly named subject per the museum's own title, holding a scroll inscribed with the "a child is born to us" verse, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's quotation of the same verse from Isaiah 9.
Source The Prophet Isaiah, museum number C.48-1919 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Additional Source Isaiah 9 (Wikipedia)
Originated In
Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O66909
Sources
1. The Prophet Isaiah, museum number C.48-1919 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A stained glass roundel panel of the Cologne School, Germany, dated circa 1470 to 1480, showing the prophet Isaiah emerging from a crown and holding a scroll inscribed "PUER NATUS EST NOBIS," a child is born to us.
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O66909
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections APIOriginated In: Germany, placesOfOriginQuote, Originated In: Germany, placesOfOrigin
"text": "Germany"
Isaiah 9 (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: IsaiahQuote, Depicts: Isaiah
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.
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