Southern Germany, St. Blasien Abbey
c. 1500-1525
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain; flashed and abraded glass
28.8 x 30.0 (11 1/16 x 12 1/8) not including borders
Modern surround
Provenance: A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 246; LACMA Quarterly (1944), 5; Normile (1946), 43-44.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.21 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Arms: (LEFT): Azure a stag salient or (Abbey of St. Blasien); crest: on a barred helm to sinister a demi-wolf rampant holding in its maw a wild piglet all proper; mantling of the colors; (RIGHT): Per fess in chief azure a star of six points or in base or a demi-mill iron sable (an unidentified Abbot); crest: an abbot’s crozier and mitre with stole floating all proper; supporters: two wild men wreathed about the head and middle with oak leaves and holding in their hands a tree trunk all proper