Our Lady and St. Ursula (Museum Schnütgen)
Mother of God and Saint Ursula is the name of a scene from a church window that was made in Cologne around 1450/60 and the rest of which is now in the Schnütgen Museum.
Origin and Preservation
The well-preserved 77 cm high and 49 cm wide pane came to the Schnütgen Museum in 1932 from the holdings of the Cologne Kunstgewerbemuseum. A new lead net and additions made from old glass come from the restoration in 1980.
description
The upright rectangular field shows Our Lady and Saint Ursula in a box room with a wooden barrel ceiling and a tiled floor with an imprecise design . Maria looks at the child sitting on her arm with a serious expression. She wears a crown, a precious dress and a cloak with long, flowing folds. The naked Christ Child grabs an apple with his left hand, which his mother holds out awkwardly. Saint Ursula standing next to her looks at the Christ Child with rather averted eyes. Her magnificent coat is held together by a clasp across her chest . In both women, the hair is tucked back over the ears and it flows in long waves over the shoulders. St. Ursula's hair is held back by a headband on her forehead and in her hands she holds a book and two arrows , her attributes .
The disc has only a few colored glasses, especially the blue background stands out. Mary and child are held in grisaille and the nimbus of Mary is red. St. Ursula, also in grisaille, has a lighter undergarment and a yellow nimbus. The architectural frame and the floor are white with brown solder painting.
The pane belongs to a group of stained glass that was influenced by Cologne panel painting of the 15th century. The common features are the round, puffed-out heads with heavy lids, the pointed auricles and the soft, curvy folds of the robes.
literature
- Brigitte Lymant: The stained glass of the Schnütgen Museum . Schnütgen Museum, Cologne 1983.