  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  The extraordinary quality of the painting and the remarkable state of preservation make this, and four other panels from the series in the museum's collection, major documents of stained glass of the period. The panel is an accomplished blend of German and Netherlandish stylistic tendencies that could have been created in Cologne or perhaps by continental artists working in England in the early sixteenth century. By the nineteenth century this panel was at Stoke Poges, a sixteenth-century manor house in Buckinghamshire, England.
 
Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia, is shown here with a beggar at his feet, evoking his good works. A dukedom in the tenth century, Bohemia later became a kingdom, making Wenceslas the famous &acirc;&#128;&#156;Good King&acirc;&#128;&#157; of the Christmas carol.
  
  
  Title
  Saint Wenceslas of Bohemia
  
  
  Artwork Date
  between 1510 to 1525
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  (Artist)
  English
  (Artist)
  German
  
  
  
  Medium
  Pot metal, white glass, vitreous paint, silver stain
  
  
  Dimensions
  74 x 23 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (188.0 x 59.7 x 7 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Stained Glass
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of K. T. Keller
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  58.111
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
