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W.442.A-D, Stein Quadriptych

Abstract

The Stein Quadriptych was likely created in Bruges, and it has been attributed to Simon Bening and associates, ca. 1525-30. This collection of sixty-four miniatures is mounted in four panels, each in sets of sixteen miniatures per panel. The ensemble of miniatures was first cited in scholarly literature as the Stein Quadriptych because the earliest known owner of the collection was Charles Stein until 1886. The miniatures seem to have been dismantled at some point and then reassembled in these four panels. No texts have been found on the backs of these miniatures by the Walters Conservation Department. However, because it was normal practice for illuminated folios to be inserted into South Netherlandish prayer books without accompanying text on the back, the lack of textual evidence does not rule out the possibility that these miniatures were once part of a prayer book. Based on formal visual analysis and the use of color, however, these 64 miniatures appear to have been meant to be viewed as an ensemble. The recitation of prayers from a book or from memory may have been intended while the suppliant viewed the visual program.

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    1. Panel A front

      W.442.A-D, Panel A front
    2. Panel A back

      W.442.A-D, Panel A back
    3. Panel A 1r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 1r
    4. Panel A 2r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 2r
    5. Panel A 3r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 3r
    6. Panel A 4r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 4r
    7. Panel A 5r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 5r
    8. Panel A 6r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 6r
    9. Panel A 7r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 7r
    10. Panel A 8r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 8r
    11. Panel A 9r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 9r
    12. Panel A 10r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 10r
    13. Panel A 11r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 11r
    14. Panel A 12r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 12r
    15. Panel A 13r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 13r
    16. Panel A 14r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 14r
    17. Panel A 15r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 15r
    18. Panel A 16r

      W.442.A-D, Panel A 16r
    19. Panel B front

      W.442.A-D, Panel B front
    20. Panel B back

      W.442.A-D, Panel B back
    21. Panel B 17r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 17r
    22. Panel B 18r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 18r
    23. Panel B 19r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 19r
    24. Panel B 20r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 20r
    25. Panel B 21r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 21r
    26. Panel B 22r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 22r
    27. Panel B 23r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 23r
    28. Panel B 24r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 24r
    29. Panel B 25r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 25r
    30. Panel B 26r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 26r
    31. Panel B 27r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 27r
    32. Panel B 28r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 28r
    33. Panel B 29r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 29r
    34. Panel B 30r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 30r
    35. Panel B 31r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 31r
    36. Panel B 32r

      W.442.A-D, Panel B 32r
    37. Panel C front

      W.442.A-D, Panel C front
    38. Panel C back

      W.442.A-D, Panel C back
    39. Panel C 33r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 33r
    40. Panel C 34r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 34r
    41. Panel C 35r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 35r
    42. Panel C 36r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 36r
    43. Panel C 37r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 37r
    44. Panel C 38r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 38r
    45. Panel C 39r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 39r
    46. Panel C 40r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 40r
    47. Panel C 41r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 41r
    48. Panel C 42r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 42r
    49. Panel C 43r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 43r
    50. Panel C 44r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 44r
    51. Panel C 45r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 45r
    52. Panel C 46r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 46r
    53. Panel C 47r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 47r
    54. Panel C 48r

      W.442.A-D, Panel C 48r
    55. Panel D front

      W.442.A-D, Panel D front
    56. Panel D back

      W.442.A-D, Panel D back
    57. Panel D 49r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 49r
    58. Panel D 50r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 50r
    59. Panel D 51r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 51r
    60. Panel D 52r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 52r
    61. Panel D 53r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 53r
    62. Panel D 54r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 54r
    63. Panel D 55r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 55r
    64. Panel D 56r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 56r
    65. Panel D 57r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 57r
    66. Panel D 58r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 58r
    67. Panel D 59r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 59r
    68. Panel D 60r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 60r
    69. Panel D 61r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 61r
    70. Panel D 62r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 62r
    71. Panel D 63r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 63r
    72. Panel D 64r

      W.442.A-D, Panel D 64r

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