Switzerland, Toggenburg
1628
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, flashed glass, and enamel
34.8 x 22.7 (13 3/4 x 9)
Fourth scene and right half of lower inscription lost; some old replacements
Provenance: Joseph Brummer, New York; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 261; LACMA Quarterly (1944), 5; Normile (1946), 43-44.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.36 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Prodigal leaves home (upper left) He dines with harlots (upper right) He feeds the swine (lower left); Attributed to Hans Jegli, Winterthur (active 1579-1643)
Arms: Azure a folding knife proper above a triple mount vert in chief two stars of six points or (Scherrer); supporter: an angel proper
Inscriptions: upper left: D[…]richen[…] ein son/ […] sein Erbg[…] Ziicht/ ar port upper right: In bosser gselschafft er sich gab/ hiilfend im seins galts bald/ ab; lower left: Des kam er in ein hertte buss/ Den schweinen er halt hiitten/ muss; lower right: Demnach er wider heimwiirtz k[.]m/ Mit gnad der Vatter in aufn[.]m.; in center: LVCE/ AM:r 5/ CAP; lower left: Hans Sc[…]/ Furt Zu[…]/ Her[…]; lower right: 1628 H[.]; on folding knife: (monogram) HI