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Two Heraldic Panels Commemorating the Marriage of Charles Vii of France and Anne of Brittany and the Treaty of Sable, 1490

Two Heraldic Panels Commemorating the Marriage of Charles Vii of France and Anne of Brittany and the Treaty of Sable, 1490Switzerland or Germany
Late 16th or early 17th century
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
A: 43.5 x 36.5 (17 1/8 x 14 3/8) B: 44 x 36 (17 5/16 x 14 3/16)
A. Minor stopgaps; B. many restorations and stopgaps including inscriptions

Provenance: John W. Palmer, London, to 1923; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1941; (A) Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, to 1958; (B) K.T. Keller, to 1958
Bibliography: The Collection of Stained Glass Panels by XV and XVI Century Artists Assembled by the late John W. Palmer [sale cat., American Art Association, Inc., 17 December] (New York, 1923), n.p., no. 47, 48, ill.

Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
Object/Accession: A. 58.95, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford; B. 58.118, Gift of K.T. Keller

Arms: (Centers of A and B) Azure, three fleur-de-lis or (France, Modern); surrounded by the collar of the Order of St. Michael and ensigned with a closed crown
Borders: (from dexter base) A: Argent a cross azure (Noyon); gules a fleur-de-lis or (Soissons); gules three cinquefoils or pierced argent on a chief azure three fleur-de-lis or (city of Orleans); gules three keys in fesse or (city of Avignon); or a lion rampant sable (Flanders); azure three towers or (unidentified); B: Gules a cross calvary or (unidentified); azure a bend sinister argent cotised potent-counterpotent or (Champagne); argent a cross between four keys in pale gules (Beauvais); azure a cross argent between four fleur-de-lis or (Chiilons-sur-Marne); gules a tau cross flory or (Toul); azure a fess argent between three bezants (Cherbourg ?)
Inscriptions: top center: Mont loy e S. Denis; top sides: Anno Dni/ Mccccxc comp. v.j.; bottom: Insign regu [.]pido[.]u francoru

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

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