Giovanni di Domenico

Florentine, active c. 1500

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The form of a woman standing inside an arched niche is created with vibrant painted and cut glass held in place by dark lines, probably lead, in this vertical stained-glass window. The woman’s body faces us but she turns her face to our left to look down in that direction. She wears a red dress under a blue robe lined with canary yellow. She holds a book in one hand, and her other hand, to our left, is down by her side. Her skin is a yellowish color, and she has long yellow hair with a darker yellow halo. In front of her and to our right is a lectern decorated with intricate scrollwork and floral carvings. The rounded arch behind her is filled with a coral-orange shell. A border with flowers is created with white, yellow, pale pink, red, and light blue glass.
Giovanni di Domenico, The Virgin Annunciate, 1498/1503, stained glass, Widener Collection, 1942.9.311

The Virgin Annunciate

Giovanni di Domenico · 1498/1503 · stained glass ·  Accession ID  1942.9.311

Giovanni di Domenico, The Angel of the Annunciation, 1498/1503, stained glass, Widener Collection, 1942.9.312

The Angel of the Annunciation

Giovanni di Domenico · 1498/1503 · stained glass ·  Accession ID  1942.9.312

Bibliography

1993

  • Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 62.