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Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

Christ is taken down from the cross by St John, St Peter and his mother the Blessed Virgin. 1623 glass from an English church.

Almost a century after the protestant reformation, painted pictures and glass were reintroduced into English churches under Archbishop Laud. To emphasise that this glass was not devotional, the inscription reads The Truth here of is historicall devine and not superstissious.

Disapproved of by the puritans, most would be removed and destroyed during the Commonwealth period.

Probably produced on the continent. It is quite likely that this glass was never installed in a church.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

Mary holds the broken body of her son. 1623 glass from an English church.

Almost a century after the protestant reformation, painted pictures and glass were reintroduced into English churches under Archbishop Laud. To emphasise that this glass was not devotional, the inscription reads The Truth here of is historicall devine and not superstissious.

Disapproved of by the puritans, most would be removed and destroyed during the Commonwealth period.

Probably produced on the continent. It is quite likely that this glass was never installed in a church.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

St Peter, St James, Jesus Christ, St Andrew and St John.

Detail of The Last Supper on an altarpiece. French, 15th Century.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

Madonna and child, terracotta. Italian, mid-15th Century.

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London

Study model for a sculptor. Italian, 15th Century.