Works of Art in the Nave Area
Artist: Unknown
Title: N/A
Date: N/A
Medium: Opalescent & Favrile Glass
Style: American Art Nouveau
71 (7/8)” x 30 (3/4)”
Unknown Window
#97
Artist: Franz X. Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Title: St. Patrick and the High King
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (3/8)” x 49 (1/2)”
St. Patrick and the High King
#98
Franz Zettler was a master of spatial realism, and that translates well into this scene of St. Patrick preaching to the High King. This window is set within a fictional niche of a scene, with the Celtic masonry in the background’s architecture providing one clue that this scene occurs in the fields of Ireland. The artist sets a serious tone with eight figures gazing at the central figure, St. Patrick. In this scene St. Patrick is convincing the king of the one true God and one true religion. Although this window does not derive from a biblical narrative, the scene aligns with the Irish Catholic faith, an indicator of the parish this window would have been originally installed in.
Artist: Franz X. Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Title: Triumphal Entry of Jesus in Jerusalem
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (1/2)” x 49 (1/2)”
Triumphal Entry of Jesus in Jerusalem
#99
This scene is based on the Bible passage of Matthew 21:1-11 where Jesus visits Jerusalem. He enters the city riding on a donkey as the city cries out in praise of him, the prophet who came from Nazareth of Galilee. Some people carry palm tree branches that they spread onto the road before Jesus. He would go into the city, healing sick people and declaring the city as his.
Artist: Franz X. Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Title: Healing the Paralytic at Capernaum
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (3/8)” x 50”
Healing the Paralytic at Capernaum
#100
In the story of Mark 2:1, Jesus blesses and heals a paralyzed man in Capernaum. The people of Capernaum heard of his arrival and crowded him at his lecture. Several men came into the lecture space with a paralyzed man who could not be moved through the crowds and was brought to Jesus through the roof, lowered in on a mat by four men. Jesus saw faith in the men and healed the paralyzed man, telling him "Son, your sins are forgiven." Some skeptics called Jesus blasphemous, so Jesus told the healed man to take his mat and go home, and so he did.
Artist: Cox, Buckley, Sons & Co.
Title: The Resurrection
Date: N/A
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
131 (1/4)” x 24 (1/2)”
The Resurrection
#101
Artist: Cox, Buckley, Sons & Co.
Title: The Garden of Gethsemane
Date: N/A
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
144 (7/8)” x 24 (1/2)”
The Garden of Gethsemane
#102
Artist: Cox, Buckley, Sons & Co.
Title: The Ascension
Date: N/A
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
149" x 27"
The Ascension
#103
St. Therese of Lisieux
Medium: Marble Statue
22” x 54 (3/8)” x 12 (3/8)”
St. Therese of Lisieux
#13
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Joyful Mysteries
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
150 (1/2)” x 53 (1/8)”
Fruit of Mystery: Piety
The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
#104
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
150 (3/8)” x 52 (7/8)”
Fruit of Mystery: Obedience
The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple
#105
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
149 (3/4)” x 53 (1/4)”
Fruit of Mystery: Poverty
The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
#106
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Visitation
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
150 (3/8)” x 53”
Fruit of Mystery: Love thy Neighbor
The Visitation
#107
Artist: Tyrolese Art Glass Company and F. Mayer
Title: The Annunciation
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
150 (3/4)” x 53 (1/4)”
Fruit of Mystery: Humility
The Annunciation
#108
St. Rita
Medium: Marble Statue
19 (1/2)” x 54” x 12”
St. Rita
#14
Artist: Cox, Buckley, Sons & Co.
Title: The Nativity
Date: 1888
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
146 (1/8)” x 24 (3/4)”
The Nativity
#109
The Virgin Mary and Joseph look down at the newborn baby Jesus. Two doves are perched on the trees, representing the presence of the Holy Spirit. The scene is based on the Bible passage of Isaiah 9:6: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."
Artist: Cox, Buckley, Sons & Co.
Title: The Resurrection
Date: N/A
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
145 (5/8)” x 24 (5/8)”
The Resurrection
#110
Jesus floats above a group of Roman soldiers who are shocked to see him as he ascends to heaven. The bottom text surrounds a cross and says "in hoc signo vinces," which is Latin for "in this sign, conquer." This was the sign that Roman emperor Constantine received from the Christian God that he should lead his army at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD.
Artist: Cox & Buckley
Title: I Am the Light of the World
Date: ca. 1876
Medium: Stained Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
131” x 24 (1/2)”
I Am the Light of the World
#111
This window represents one of the most popular themes for religious windows while also resembling the most famous pre-Raphaelite painting, “The Light of the World,” by English artist William Holman Hunt. The illustration comes from the biblical passage of Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, [then] I will enter his house.”
Artist: F. X. Zettler
Title: The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Date: 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (3/8)” x 50”
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
#112
Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to the temple so that rites may be performed on him. This story is written in the Bible verse Luke 2:22 where Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus meet two characters at the temple, the prophet Anna and Simeon, a man with the Holy Spirit on him. Simeon was told that he would meet the Messiah before dying and was led by the Holy Spirit to meet Jesus that day of the baby Jesus's presentation. Simeon would bless the family and foretell Jesus's life. After this, the prophet Anna praised God when she saw Jesus and spoke of the child who would redeem Jerusalem.
Artist: Franz X. Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Title: Flight into Egypt
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (3/8)” x 50”
Flight into Egypt
#113
This scene depicts the Virgin Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus leaving to Egypt after an angel warns Joseph about King Herod’s intention to kill Jesus. The king of Judea would order the execution of all infant boys in Bethlehem, not knowing that the family had fled already. This is based of the story in the Matthew 2:13 in the Bible: "When the magi had departed, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Get up. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will soon search for the child in order to kill him.' "
Artist: Franz X. Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Title: Visit of the Magi
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
121 (3/8)” x 49 (3/4)”
Visit of the Magi
#114
The magi knew about Jesus’s birth and went to Jerusalem, asking Judea's King Herod where the newborn king of the Jews was. Herod sent the magi to Bethlehem, where Jesus was, and asked them to report his exact location because he had a secret plan to kill Jesus. Witnessing the baby Jesus, the magi bowed and worshipped him. They presented the baby with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. This is the Biblical story of Matthew 2:1.
Artist: Franz Mayer (1848–1926)
Title: Mary Magdalene Washing Jesus’ Feet
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
149 (1/4)” x 56 (3/4)”
Mary Magdalene Washing Jesus’ Feet
#115
This window illustrates the biblical scene of Luke 7:38, as written atop the window, in which Jesus is having dinner with a Pharisee who fails to offer hospitality. Mary Magdalene, dressed in scarlet robes symbolic of sorrow, is found kneeling washing Jesus’ feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. Franz Mayer excelled in the three-point perspective, giving the illusion of dining inside a temple with three-quarter profiles of the figures, as well as giving the illusion of a distant land past this scene.
Artist: Franz Mayer and Co.
Title: The Good Shepherd
Date: ca. 1880
Medium: Painted Glass
Style: Munich Mayer
148 (3/4)” x 56 (1/2)”
The Good Shepherd
#116
Angel
Medium: Marble Statue
15” x 46 (1/2)” x 14”
Angel
#15