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Four Scenes from Genesis

Four Scenes from GenesisSwitzerland, School of Lucerne
1694
Red flashed glass with silver stain and enamels
A and B: 20.3 x 25.5 (8 x 10); C: 20.0 x 25.5 (7 7/8 x 10) D: 20.5 x 25.0 (8 x 10)
A. New multiple cracks on left side; B. Some breaks and mended cracks; C. Two unmended cracks in center; right lower corner replaced; D. Crack in center; stopgap below upper left angel

Provenance: Unknown
Bibliography: Noted in “List of Accessions and Loans,” Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 271

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: A. The Creation of the Animals Arms: (LEFT) Gules on a triple mount vert a pine tree proper at the foot of which a hon couchant or his tail wrapped around its trunk (Tanner); crest: a ducal coronet; (RIGHT) Quarterly; l and 4 or a bear rampant sable; 2 and 3 azure a fleur-de-lis or (Schmidt). Inscriptions: above scene: Im anfang Gotterschuff/ Den himel und die Erden/ Die wasser und

Entry From: Checklist III: Addenda Filed Under: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters

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