There are treasures that Lorraine was lost. Some exist more, but others were scattered and sometimes you can find them.
is precisely the case of this fabulous stained glass.
It originally adorned the church of Saint-Firmin priory blessing of Flavigny-sur-Moselle between Nancy and Charmes Bayon.
This window has been transferred to an American collector in the early 1920s (presumably in exchange for a donation for the establishment of a sanatorium of 400 beds for children infected in the primary buildings of the priory). Today he is up for sale in an antique shop in London for the sum of four million euros ... A ranking in national treasure an acquisition could allow for a return to Lorraine easier.
For indeed this window (depicting "The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise") was an artistic, historical, heritage and cultural event for Lorraine. Made in the sixteenth century, in full Renaissance Lorraine, by renowned master glassblower Bousch Valentin ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Bousch ), its artistic quality and technical part of the accomplishments for Metz Cathedral or the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.
It would be nice to repair a past mistake that can be justified at the time but that would sound as an additional return to the cultural enrichment that Lorraine has produced and which is essential in reasserting its beauty and radiance.
Whether a return to the church of Flavigny-sur-Moselle, Lorraine Museum or otherwise, we must seriously consider the possibilities to recover this magnificent stained glass Lorraine starting with the rank national treasure to avoid that it is again far from his land.
To admire the stained glass in the antique shop London:
http://www.samfogg.com/exhibition_catalogue.php?id=129&p=1&cid=1
For the history of the Priory of Flavigny-sur-Moselle
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prieur% C3% A9_de_Flavigny-sur-Moselle
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