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St. Cecilia Playing the Organ, with Shields

St. Cecilia Playing the Organ, with ShieldsSwitzerland, Rapperswil
1617
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, enamel, and sanguine; flashed and abraded red and blue
31.3 X 22.0 (12 5/16 X 8 5/6)
Mending leads; left portion of inscription and upper left of scene are replacements; stopgaps along the upper portion

Provenance: Private Collection, France; Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Unpublished

Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: 671/163

Arms: (LEFT) Azure on a triple mount vert a mill wheel or (unidentified); (RIGHT) Azure in chief a demo-mill wheel or in base on a triple mount vert a plowshare argent (unidentified); supporter: an angel
Inscription: [..]ns Ulrich/ […]nyii der Zydt/ […]hutzen Meister zuR./ 1617 BW (monogram)
Balthasar Wetzstein (d. 1635)

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: California, Hillsborough, Private Collection

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