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Stained Glass

Figure 41 The Lady of Shalott stained glass window, ca. 1890-1915;
designer: Mattijis Maris (Dutch painter, etcher, 1839-1917);
factory owner: Daniel Cottier (British glass painter, 1838-1891);
artist: Cottier and Co. (Scottish gallery, 1869–1915);
Stained glass, 24 3/8 × 34 7/8 in. (61.9 × 88.6 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of E. William Judson and Stephen H. Judson, 2016, 2016.72 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 stained glass (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    decorative arts
    European Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 The Lady of Shalott Stained Glass Window (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 Cottier & Co. (London, New York, Sydney, 1869-1915); factory owned by Daniel Cottier (British glass painter, 1838-1891); designed by Matthys Maris (Dutch painter, etcher, 1839-1917) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 Cottier & Co. (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 factory

  • Identity:🔺 Cottier, Daniel
    Role:🔺 factory owner

  • Identity:🔺 Maris, Matthys
    Role:🔺 designer

  • Creation Date:🔺 ca. 1890-1915 (value type: free text)
    Earliest:🔺 1885 Latest:🔺 1920 (value type: controlled format)

  • Creation Place/Original Location: Probably New York (New York, United States) (value type: free text and/or controlled format)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 61.9 x 88.6 cm (24 3/8 x 24 7/8 in.) (value type: free text)

  • Value: 61.9 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 88.6 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 stained glass (value type: free text)

  • Technique Name: stained glass (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    human figures
    religion/mythology
    female
    history/legend
    Elaine of Astolat (Arthurian legend)
    Shalott (Arthurian legend) (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: This stained glass panel depicts the tragic circumstances of Elaine Le Blank of Astolat, a young noblewoman in Arthurian legend who falls in love with Lancelot and is eventually improsioned in a tower on the island of Shallot near Camelot. Elaine gazes away from the viewer, likely referencing a poem written about her by Alfred Lord Tennyson in which the the Lady of Shallot is said to be restricted from looking at the outside world except through a mirror’s reflection. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: The Met Collection online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 16 July 2024 (value type: free text)

  • Citation: Tate online
    Page: “The Curse of the Lady of Shalott,” accessed 16 July 2024

  • Citation: Encyclopedia Britannica online
    Page: “Elaine”, accessed 16 July 2024

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 2016.72 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 23 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 41 The Lady of Shalott stained glass window, ca. 1890-1915;
designer: Mattijis Maris (Dutch painter, etcher, 1839-1917);
factory owner: Daniel Cottier (British glass painter, 1838-1891);
artist: Cottier and Co. (Scottish gallery, 1869–1915);
Stained glass, 24 3/8 × 34 7/8 in. (61.9 × 88.6 cm);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Gift of E. William Judson and Stephen H. Judson, 2016, 2016.72 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.