id:			102417
accession number:	1921.106
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.106
updated:		2022-01-04 14:50:51.788000

Saint Catherine with a Kneeling Male Donor, 1400s. France, Poitou, Melle, 15th century. Pot metal, white glass with silver stain; overall: 158.7 x 49.2 cm (62 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1921.106

title:				Saint Catherine with a Kneeling Male Donor
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		110B Late Gothic
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	France, Poitou, Melle, 15th century
technique:	pot metal, white glass with silver stain
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Glass
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measurements: Overall: 158.7 x 49.2 cm (62 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Henry C. Lawrence (American Art Galleries sale, 24 January 1921, cat. #383).
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fun fact: 
When donors commissioned art during the medieval period, they often requested their image to be included alongside the divine figures. This anonymous kneeling figure paid for this stained glass window, creating a visual reminder of his generosity and piety.

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wall description: 
This panel was originally part of a much larger composition. Saint Catherine stands behind a donor, a cleric, who faces a missing scene representing either the Crucifixion or the standing Virgin, which would have formed the object of the donor’s devotion. In the lower right corner an inscription identifies the donor as rector de Melle, a clergyman in charge of the parish of the town of Melle in western France. The panel must have been commissioned for a church in this town with which the donor was affiliated. A scroll near the donor reads Miserere mei deus (God have mercy on me).
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