Northern Germany, Stendal Cathedral workshop
c. 1425-1435
Pot metal glass
49 x 23.3 (19 1/4 x 9 1/4)
Head and possibly the sword handle original; remainder modern
Provenance: American Art Association, 1923, owner unknown; American Art Association, 1924, owner unknown; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1941
Bibliography: Letter of Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Korn identifying first name of inscription, Allen Art Museum files, 16 March 1982; An Important Collection of Ancient European Armor and Weapons and Ancient Stained Glass [sale cat., American Art Association, 30 April] (New York, 1923), no. 166; English, French and. Italian, Furniture, Bronzes, Porcelains and Fabrics, Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Armor and Stained Glass from the Collections of the late Charles G. Emery, the late Clarence Lyman Collins and from other Sources [sale cat., American Art Association, 9 May] (New York, 1924), n.p., no. 578; Hearst sale (1941), 329, lot no. 335-10, ill.; Oberlin College, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Acquisitions from the R.T. Miller Jr. Fund (Oberlin, 1941), no. 12, ill.; Hans Wentzel, Meisterwerke der Glasmalerie, 2nd ed. (Berlin, 1954), 110; Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16 (1959), 124-125, 195, ill.
Collection: Oberlin College: Allen Memorial Art Museum (Oberlin, Ohio)
Object/Accession: 41.46, R.T. Miller, Jr. Fund
Inscription: h’ iohan lemen / h’ iohan berndes (modern)