Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.39)Sacred Art & IconographyRoundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.39)Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, ca. 1515, Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.24.39Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.39)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/basilthegreat-met-32-24-39.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.39). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/basilthegreat-met-32-24-39Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-roundel-with-saint-basil-the-great-with, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.24.39)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/basilthegreat-met-32-24-39}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA stained glass roundel titled "Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor," ca. 1515. Basil is shown vested as a bishop beside a kneeling donor figure, honored as one of the Cappadocian fathers who shaped the ascetic and liturgical life of the Eastern church. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, under accession 32.24.39.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsBasil the Great, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this roundel names the subject outright, "Saint Basil the Great," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesRoundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor, accession 32.24.39 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 32.24.39View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year