Document
Metadata
Date
August 29, 2025
Title
Stained Glass Panel Depicting the Descent from the Cross (Thirteenth Station of the Cross), Mary, Mother of Priests Chapel
Photographer
Marla Robb
Creation Date
August 29, 2025
Location
Description
A close-up horizontal photograph documenting a leaded glass panel depicting the Thirteenth Station of the Cross: Jesus is taken down from the Cross (The Deposition or Pietà scene).
The image features:
* Narrative Iconography: The composition depicts figures reverently lowering Christ's body from the Cross. Mary, clad in blue robes, reaches up to embrace her son, while attendants in red and bright green garments assist with white linen burial cloths.
* Stained Glass Technique: Unlike the thick, faceted "dalle de verre" slabs seen in the main nave windows, this panel uses traditional leaded stained glass with fine painted details defining the faces, drapery, and anatomical contours of the figures.
* Color Palette: Rich jewel tones, including vibrant emerald green, deep cobalt blue, dark purple sky background, crimson red, and ochre, are framed by heavy lead cames.
* Structural Frame: The rectangular panel is mounted flush into a light-colored plastered frame, capturing a detailed view of the chapel's supplemental narrative stained glass art.
Rights
In Copyright

