Switzerland, Lucerne
c. 1485
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
45.0 X 34.2 (17 3/4 X 13 1/2)
One piece of glass missing in upper right; surface corrosion
Provenance: Engel-Gros Collection, Paris, to 1922; Homburger Freres, Paris, to 1922; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hans Lehmann, Geschichte der Luzerner Glasmälerei von der Anfiingen bis zu Beginn des 18. fahrhunderts, Luzem Geschichte und Kultur 3, no. 5 (Lucerne, 1941); Hearst ms. (1942), no. 252; Catalogue des Vitraux Anciens Francais, Allemands, Suisses & Divers des XIIIe, XIVe, XVe, XVIe & XVIIe siecles composant la Collection Engel-Gros [sale cat., Hotel Drouot, 7 December] (Paris, 1922), 22, no. 44, ill.; LACMA Quarterly (1944), 5; Normile (1946), 43-44.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.27 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Arms: (ABOVE) Or a double-headed eagle displayed sable (Imperial arms) (BELOW) Per pale gules and argent; crest: an Imperial crown; supporters: two lions