A stained glass panel titled "King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns," French, ca. 1245 to 1248, showing the king bearing the relic he purchased from the debt-ridden Latin emperor at Constantinople, the same acquisition that led him to build the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris to hold it. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, under accession 37.173.3.
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Physical Form
MediumStained glass, pot-metal glass and vitreous paint, French, ca. 1245 to 1248, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, 37.173.3 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns, accession 37.173.3 (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.
Depicts
The Met's own title for this panel names the subject outright, showing the king carrying the Crown of Thorns he brought to Paris and enshrined in the Sainte-Chapelle.
Source King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns, accession 37.173.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Source Metropolitan Museum of Art: King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns (Metropolitan Museum of Art open access record)
Sources
1. King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns, accession 37.173.3 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 37.173.3
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A stained glass panel titled "King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns," French, ca.
View the Source Metropolitan Museum of Art: King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns (Metropolitan Museum of Art open access record)
Metropolitan Museum of ArtOriginated In: France, countryQuote, Originated In: France, country
"country": "France"
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