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It probably came there from the Sainte-Chapelle in Dijon, which was demolished in 1802. (The drawing is in the Bibliothèque Municipale de la Ville de Dijon.) In the drawing, the standing figure of St Peter presents the kneeling donor in front of him. You can still see part of St Peter’s jewelled sleeve and key in the glass. The drawing also shows the small figure of the donor’s son kneeling behind him, with a shield above that bears the initials ‘PM’. In a facing panel, the donor’s wife is shown kneeling in prayer with her daughter behind her. Her patron saint, whom we cannot now identify, stands above. \r\n\r\nThe donor has been identified as Pierre Michel. He was valet to two dukes of Burgundy, Philip the Good (ruled 1419–67) and Charles the Bold (ruled 1467–77). He was also <i>concièrge</i> of the ducal house at Dijon and <i>capitaine-châtelain</i> of the château at Vergy. On both sleeves of his fur-lined coat he wears the device of Philip the Good, the Flint and Steel (briquet) with flames. This denotes that he is a member of the ducal household.\r\n\r\nThe present panel has been cut down. It is tightly framed by a decorative border of leafy plants entwined with scrolls. These bear the words ‘ihs’ (Jesus), ‘mra’ (Mary) and the motto ‘En bien’ (‘In Goodness’). The border was made at the same time as the panel, but it comes from another window at Notre-Dame.","physicalDescription":"The present panel has been cut down and tightly framed by a decorative border of leafy plants entwined with scrolls bearing the words ihs (Jesus), mra (Mary) and the motto 'En bien' ('In Goodness'), which is contemporary to the main panel but comes from another window at Notre-Dame in Dijon (see Object History). There are various stopgaps, including part of another steel to the right of the donor's knees. 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Fitzhenry; acquired by the museum in 1914 for £300.\r\n\r\nThanks to a drawing of 1837-8 in the Bibliothèque Municipale de la Ville de Dijon, it is known that this panel then formed part of a window in the church of Notre-Dame in Dijon. In all probability it came there from the Sainte-Chapelle in Dijon in 1802, when the latter was demolished (Williamson 2003, p. 144). In the drawing, the kneeling donor is shown being presented by the standing figure of St Peter behind him (part of the jewelled sleeve and key are still visible in the glass); the small figure of his son kneels behind the donor, and above is a shiled with the initials PM. In a facing panel, the donor's wife is shown kneeling in prayer with the couple's daughter behind her and with her patron saint (not now identifiable) standing above her. The donor was identified by MarieFrance Briselance as Pierre Michel, épicier-valet de champbre of both Duke Philip the Good (1419-67) and Charles the Bold (1467-77), concierge of the ducal house at Dijon and capitaine-châtelain of the château at Vergy. He wears the device of Philip the Good, the Flint and Steel (Briquet) with flames, on both sleevs of his fur-lined coat, denoting that he is a member of the ducal household. The device was subsequently employed on the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, founded by Philip the Good in 1429, but Pierre Michel was not sufficiently well-born to be a chevalier. Philip the Good employed the glass-painter Thierry Esperlan of Delft to execute the glazing of the Sainte-Chapelle between 1429 and 1450. 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London: V&A Publications, 2003, p. 74, pl. 54, p. 144, cat. no 54."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Miroir du Prince: L'âge d'or du mécénat à Autun<u/>, France, 2021"}],"production":"From the Sainte-Chapelle, Dijon","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"men","id":"AAT25928"},{"text":"shield","id":"AAT230284"},{"text":"swords","id":"AAT37048"},{"text":"purses","id":"AAT215521"},{"text":"scrolls","id":"AAT10094"},{"text":"armour","id":"AAT36745"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.129-1914"],"accessionNumberNum":"129","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1914,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-04-15","recordCreationDate":"1998-08-04","availableToBook":false}}