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| Keywords: French - Window Panel with Saint Vincent on the Rack - Walters 4669.jpg This stained glass panel once part of a pair of windows from the Lady Chapel at Saint-Germain-des-Prés represents Saint Vincent of Saragossa who was martyred in Gaul France in AD 304 under Emperor Diocletian Saint Vincent's arms and legs are locked into a cross-shaped rack while men tear at his flesh with iron hooks A hand at the upper left commands the torture Saint Vincent suffers calmly enduring great physical pain rather than deny his Christian faith The panel reminded worshipers that their earthly sufferings would be rewarded in heaven between 1245 1247 Medieval paint on stained glass cm 65 41 42 55 ; With supporting frame cm 67 31 44 61 2 54 accession number 46 69 19397 From the Lady Chapel of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres Paris Abbey of Saint-Denis 1840 as described by Baron François de Guilhermy Charles Tollin Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Jacques Seligmann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore December 26 1918 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1918 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Peru Walters Art Museum license 2D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
