ID: 700000056 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000056	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (glass, stained (visual works); unknown French; between 1205 and 1210 )

Note: Probably from the cathedral at Rouen. The legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus was very popular in the Middle Ages, but the only known extensive cycle of this story in stained glass was from the nave of the cathedral of Rouen. This panel is stylistically similar to a window devoted to Saint John the Evangelist still found in the cathedral's nave, and both have a light, bright palette of relatively unusual colors. The Seven Sleepers were the heroes of a famous legend that, because it affirmed the resurrection of the dead, had a lasting popularity in all Christendom and in Islam during the Middle Ages.

Titles:

Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (preferred,C,U,RP,English,U,U)

Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

glass, stained (visual works) [300263722] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: between 1205 and 1210

Creator Display:

unknown French [preferred,VP]

glassworker unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

Locations:

Creation: Rouen [7008929] Normandie (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1980.263.4

Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1980

Address Note: on view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 8

Display Materials: pot-metal glass with vitreous paint

	lead (metal) [300011022]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <lead| lead isotopes| compounds| alloys>)

	vitreous paint [300343594]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	pot-metal glass [300263714]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by technique>, stained glass (material))

Dimensions: 63.5 x 71.5 cm (25 x 28 1/8 inches)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Gothic (Medieval) [300020775] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European))

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Seven Sleepers of Ephesus [901000034]
	.....((Other Christian narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Equus caballus (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	journeys [300162867]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities)) (AAT)

	Theodosius II, Emperor of Rome (Byzantine emperor, 401-450) [500312816]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Provenance: From the nave aisle (?) of the cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rouen; Augustin Lambert, Paris (1923) ; Raymond Pitcairn 1885–1966, Bryn Athyn, PA. (from 1923–1966) ; Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA. (sold 1980)

Related Works:

	former architectural context was .... Notre-Dame de Rouen [700000059]
	..........cathedral (building); unknown French; completed 1063

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus, from a Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 10 February 2005