Sold for $20,625

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Edward Coley Burne-Jones

(English, 1833-1898)

Caritas Stained Glass Window

leaded stained and painted glass

H 50 x width 16 inches (sight); H 53 1/4 x width 18 3/4 inches (frame).

Property from a Private Collection

Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, Sale LN8683, Lot 23.

Caritas was designed in 1874 to depict the figure of Charity for the west window of Calcutta Cathedral. The design was later used by Morris & Co. for windows of several other churches in Britain.

Condition Report

Overall good and stable condition. Having a few old and scattered cracks to glass, but not active, loose or unstable.

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