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Date:
early 17th century
Culture:
Swiss
Medium:
Stained and enameled glass
Dimensions:
16 x 13-3/4 in. (40.6 x 34.9 cm.)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.28.190
  • Description

    This panel—the work of an anonymous glass painter after an anonymous designer—is a typical example of the many windows that brought light and bright colors to the dark rooms of Swiss sixteenth-and seventeenth-century houses. As indicated by the inscription, it represents two burghers from Jestetten (a border town in present-day Germany), Christoff vom Greüt and his wife, Catrin. The figures should be considered representations of the patrons rather than actual portraits.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: "Christoff vom Greüt zu Jestetten Obervogt der herschafft Blumenfeldt Catrin vom Greüt geborne Mündtprätin V. Spiegelberg 1606" [Christoff von Greüt zu Jestetten head governor of the manor of Blumenfeldt Catrin vom Greüt born Mündtprätin von Spiegelberg 1606.]

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