Switzerland, Winterthur
c. 1600
Pot metal, white glass, silver stain, and enamel
43.8 x 32.4 (17 1/4 x 12 3/4)
Many replacements on right side of panel including: upper corner, legs of figure, and part of shield; scene at the bottom is also a replacement
Provenance: William H. Riggs, Paris
Bibliography: Dean (1925), 288-289; MMAB (1971-1972), 150-151.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 25.135.162 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
Arms: Aigent a bend between two lions rampant gules (Winterthur); supporters, two wild men wreathed head and middle in giape vines and holding in their sinister and dexter hands respectively a tree trunk proper
Inscription: DIE HOFNARR[…] (replacement)
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