Germany, Nuremberg
A. c. 1500; B. dated 1508
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
Diameter: A. 31.2 (12 1/4); B. 31.2 (12 1/4)
A. Left hand foil is an early replacement; B. Lower part of lefthand scene and part of border, lower right replaced. Sinister pale of sinister arms is a stopgap
Provenance: H.G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart; Eugen Felix, Leipzig; John Stillwell, New York; A.S. Drey, Munich
Bibliography: Hermann Schnitz, Die Glasgemälde des koniglichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin, 2 vols. (Berlin, 1913), 1:155-156, ill. 257-258, 2:11, 15, pls. 192 and 266; Franz Stadler, Hans van Kulmbach (Vienna, 1936), 104, pl.3, no. 6a; Friedrich Winkler, “Nurnberger vierpass-Scheiben und ihre Entwerfer, 11 Pantheon 28 (1941), 243-249, pls. l and 7; Friedrich Winkler, Die Zeichnungen Hans Suess van Kulmbachs und Hans Leonhard Schafeleins (Berlin, 1942), 88, pl. 97; Bull etin of the Walters Art Gallery 12, no.5 (February, 1960), n.p.; Hans Wentzel, “Schwabische Glasmälereien aus dem Umkreis des Hausbuchmeisters,? Pantheon 24 (1966), 360; Rudiger Becksmann, “Das ‘Hausbuchmeisterproblem’ in der mittelrheinischen Glasmälerei,? Pantheon 26 (1968), 359, n. 35; 3000 Years (1982), 9, fig. 15 (B).
Collection: The Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Maryland)
Object/Accession: A. 46.75; B. 46.76
A. Hunting Scenes; B. Tournament Scenes
Arms: B. (CENTER) Dexter, azure a “Frauenadler” or (for Nuremberg); Sinister, or a demi-eagle displayed sable armed gules impaling bendy of six gules and argent (for Nuremberg). In base, azure a dart and three stars of six points two and one (unidentified); (UPPER FOIL) Or a double headed eagle displayed sable armed and crowned or. In escutcheon of pretense Austria impaling Nuremberg (the Empire)
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