FOREIGN COLLECTIONS

FILE : M.I.T. [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] 2

TITLE : Funeral of St. Eligius

LOCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rotch Library

DIMENSIONS: cm. 109 x 59, 5

PROVENANCE: Originally the panel was located in the St. Eligius window in the Milan Cathedral. Acquired by auction (1894) by Arthur Rotch . Gift by Mrs Horatio A. Lamb his sister

CRONOLOGY: before 1486

AUTHOR: Niccolò da Varallo (documented)

PATRONAGE: The Guild of Goldsmiths

SUBJECT/S: Funeral of St Eloi attended by the Queen Bathilde. In the lower part the inscription “DÃ ELI [….] EXEQI ITER FUERE”

CRITICAL NOTES: As the others episodes of the St. Eligius window this scene reveals the narrative style peculiar to the Niccolò da Varallo. The artist offers a delicious portrait of the domestic life. About the style of Niccolò da Varallo see Milano Duomo 4.

CONDITION: Several stopgaps in the lower part and many heavy mending leads.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• C. PIRINA – F. RATTÉ Two Stained Glass Panels from Milan cathedral in the Rotch Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in “Journal of Glass Studies” vol. 31, 1989, pag. 55-64;

• M. H. CAVINESS Item Massachusetts Institut of Technology, Rotch Library in “Studies in the History of Art – Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I” vol. 15, 19 p. 58;

• C. PIRINA Antonio da Pandino magister vitriatarum in “Arte lombarda”, 2001-2002, 31 – 41.

For the general bibliography on Niccolò da Varallo see also Bibl. Duomo n. 5 e Bibl. Duomo n. 6

PHOTOGRAPHIC REF: M.H. Caviness archives

COMPILER: Caterina Pirina april 2006