Low Countries, c.1540 AD. A stained glass window disc insert in a lead-alloy frame; painted scene of St. Stephen kneeling with hands clasped in prayer between two soldiers with arms raised clutching stones with which to perform his martyrdom, in a landscape with ruined city wall, clouds above parted to reveal crowned figure with orb; suspension ring above. 275 grams, 20.9cm (8 1/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously with Hugo Cortes; formerly in the possession of a Parisian family resident in a flat close to the Rodin Museum in Paris for several generations. [No Reserve]