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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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