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Saint Francis Preaching to the Animals

Saint Francis Preaching to the AnimalsSwitzerland
1565
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and sanguine
41.5 x 32.0 (16 3/8 x 12 5/8)
Background piece with animals now fragmented and partly lost; the leads may be original

Provenance: Mary Lewis
Bibliography: A.E. B[ye], “Swiss Glass,” The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 19 (1924), 94-95, ill. 91; Bye (1925), 79-80, no. 54, pl. 19.

Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: Sep-73

Arms: Azure, a hausmark or between the letters I.B.
Inscriptions: above: GENESIS ö 27; on scroll, HIC ö CREATURIS ö IMPERAT ö QUI ö NUTIUS ö SUBIECERAT ö SE ö_TOTUM ö CREATORIS ö QUID ö QUID ö IN ö R[.] BUS ö REPERIT ö DELECTAMENT [.] REGERIT ö IN ö GLORIAM ö FACTORIS; below: 1565
Attributed to Nicholas Wirt, active c. 1565, died 1584

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Entry From: Checklist II Filed Under: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art

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