Panel
16th century-17th century (made)
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The central image on this panel depicts two knights tilting in a jousting tournament. Tilting was done with blunt lances and was a competitive event designed to hone the martial skills of armoured knights on horseback.
The scene beneath it shows the Old Testament story of David and Goliath. Here the young Israelite David, with his sling and his staff, challenges Goliath, the giant ‘champion’ of the Philistines, to mortal combat.
The decorating technique used on this panel was first developed in the early part of the period 1300-1400. It consisted of painting a compound of silver on the back of the glass which, after firing in a kiln, turns yellow. Depending on the concentration of the silver compound, the resulting colour ranges from lemon-yellow to a burnt-orange. Many panels from the period 1300-1500 are decorated simply in yellow (silver) stain and highlighted with a brown/black pigment. The technique remained popular well after the 16th century, as this panel shows.
The scene beneath it shows the Old Testament story of David and Goliath. Here the young Israelite David, with his sling and his staff, challenges Goliath, the giant ‘champion’ of the Philistines, to mortal combat.
The decorating technique used on this panel was first developed in the early part of the period 1300-1400. It consisted of painting a compound of silver on the back of the glass which, after firing in a kiln, turns yellow. Depending on the concentration of the silver compound, the resulting colour ranges from lemon-yellow to a burnt-orange. Many panels from the period 1300-1500 are decorated simply in yellow (silver) stain and highlighted with a brown/black pigment. The technique remained popular well after the 16th century, as this panel shows.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stained glass |
| Brief description | Stained glass panel composed of fragments showing three bands of detail, musicians and an angel, knights tilting and David and Goliath, Swiss or German, 16th or 17th century. |
| Physical description | Panel, composed of stained glass fragments composed of three horizontal bands,in reddish enamel, dark brown and silver yellow, depicting musicians on either side of an angel, two knights tilting and David and Goliath. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Henry Vaughan |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | <font -u>Old Testament</font> |
| Summary | The central image on this panel depicts two knights tilting in a jousting tournament. Tilting was done with blunt lances and was a competitive event designed to hone the martial skills of armoured knights on horseback. The scene beneath it shows the Old Testament story of David and Goliath. Here the young Israelite David, with his sling and his staff, challenges Goliath, the giant ‘champion’ of the Philistines, to mortal combat. The decorating technique used on this panel was first developed in the early part of the period 1300-1400. It consisted of painting a compound of silver on the back of the glass which, after firing in a kiln, turns yellow. Depending on the concentration of the silver compound, the resulting colour ranges from lemon-yellow to a burnt-orange. Many panels from the period 1300-1500 are decorated simply in yellow (silver) stain and highlighted with a brown/black pigment. The technique remained popular well after the 16th century, as this panel shows. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2297-1900 |
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| Record created | July 12, 2002 |
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