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Colorless, red, gold, pink, green and brown glasses, cut and assembled with lead came, enameled and silver stain decoration. The Window depicts a full-length figure of a seated St. Matthew, leaning to the right, with his head slightly turned to the left. The Evangelist is shown holding a quill pen in his right hand, and inkwell in his left hand, and a large, blank open book, which will contain his Gospel, spreads over his lap. The saint's right foot, which is restored, rests on top of a small shrine housing a leather money bag with gold coins, symbolic of the saint's profession (a Roman publican, or tax collector) at the time of his conversion. Another money purse appears on the ground, at the side of the saint's left foot. The saint wears a golden brown hooded robe with a red cloak; his halo is make of green glass. The background decoration consists of lead-came diamonds enclosing vegetal decoration in silver stain. At each side, but missing at top and bottom, is a narrow border of rectangular green glass. The leaf decoration at the bottom is possibly a later addition.
Publications (2)
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2009 (2010)
illustrated, pp. 34-35, #22;
BIB# AI79879