Saint Christopher and a Donor

This panel was part of a larger window that included a depiction of the Crucifixion at the center, also owned by the museum. Both are from a large window in which the Crucifixion was in the center and the Saint Christopher at the right. The third panel, which would have been on the left, is lost. Here an unidentified donor, facing the Crucifixion scene, kneels before the figure of the legendary Saint Christopher, the giant who ferried the Christ child across a river. The figures are set against a deep panoramic landscape within an elaborate high Gothic niche with a donor’s coat of arms at the base and with shield-bearing and musician angels on the pinnacles above. The donor’s tabard (sleeveless garment) and the armorial of the shield comprise two quarters with three black wolf heads on a white field (ground), two quarters with a black cross moline (arms of equal length with forked ends) set between three gold scallops on a white field, and a center escutcheon with a gold fleur-de-lis on a blue field.