Pair of Stained Glass Panels with Male and Female Donor

c. 1480

Pair of Stained Glass Panels with Male and Female Donor, c. 1480. France, 15th century. Pot metal, white glass with silver stain; overall: 156 x 43.5 x 1.5 cm (61 7/16 x 17 1/8 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.1 The brilliant colors of this stained glass panel were produced by adding different materials to molten glass, creating a reaction that resulted in specific colors while the metal supports for the individual pieces of glass are made from pot metal, an alloy, or mixture, of copper and iron.