Mosaic panel
Robert Davison
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1897 - 1901
Materials
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Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 766546.18
Summary
Venetian glass, decorative mosaic panel on lower register of north-west wall depicting the Flight to Egypt & Rebecca Sending Jacob to Laban flanked by Saints Luke and John. The text below the upper panel depicting the Flight to Egypt reads 'ACCEPIT PUERUM ET MATRUM UJUS NOCTE ET SECESSIT IN AEGYPTUM', translated to 'When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt' – Matthew CAP:2 V:14 [King James Version] Either side of the lower panel depicting the Rebecca Sending Jacob to Laban there are angels holding scrolls for Genesis CAP: 27. V.43, 'Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;” – King James Version The theme of the decoration is based on a complex iconographic scheme, inspired by the 15th century Biblia Pauperum. This text used medieval theology to examine the way in which the Old Testament was fulfilled in the New Testament.
Makers and roles
Robert Davison, maker Clayton & Bell , designer Frank Loughborough Pearson , architect Clayton & Bell , artist