Switzerland, canton of Fribourg
1612
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded glass
43.5 x 34.9 (17 1/8 x 13 3/4)
Restored area beneath Christ’s left arm; repaired cracks
Provenance: James A. Garland, Boston, to 1924; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 265; Garland sale (1924), n.p., no. 331; LACMA Quarterly (1944), 5; Normile (1946), 43-44.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.40 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Arms: (LEFT) Azure on a mount vert a lamb passant argent in chief two stars of six points or (Michel); (CENTER) per fess in chief azure a fleur-de-lis or in base paly of five argent and azure (unidentified); (RIGHT) azure on a triple mount vert three rings triquetra argent a mallet or (Wallein)
Inscriptions: on cross: INRI; banner of right donor: O DEVS PROPITIVS ESTO MICHI· PECCATO ·RY; on banner of left donor: s ·MERE ã DE ã DIEV ã ET ·S I[..]ANNES ·MOY; around center arms: JOANNES A · WILLARIO CVRAVIT SIEN ã BVLENSIS; in left cartouche: THEODVLVS/ MICHAEL; in right cartouche: PIERE/ WALLEIAN; at bottom: 1612