European Stained Glass
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 700 items of European stained and painted glass. These date broadly from 1150 to 2000. This collection mostly originates from England, Germany, Flanders, the Netherlands, France and Switzerland. The earliest panel was made in about 1144 in France. It depicts the Prophet Jeremiah and is now part of the Burrell Collection. The majority of the collection dates from the 14th to 16th century. Objects vary in size from tiny fragments to large complete windows, such as a series from Boppard-on-Rhine in Germany. A large group of English heraldic panels includes one depicting the arms of King Henry VIII and his third queen, Jane Seymour. Later glass windows include those designed by the Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and a magnificent window by the Irish designer Harry Clarke, which dates from 1923 and is entitled ‘The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin’.
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