panel
Object NameReverse-Gilded Panel
Artist
VBL
Made FromNon-lead glass, Paint
Dateabout 1610-1630
Place MadeSwitzerland, Zurich
Techniqueblown, grozed, reverse gilt, engraved, painted
SizeOverall H: 12.1 cm, L: 6.9 cm, Th: .2 cm
Accession Number87.3.18
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Amalierte Stuck uff Glas/Hinder Glas gemalte Historien und Gemäld
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blown (sheet glass), grozed, reverse gilt and engraved, painted. Flat, roughly rectangular shape, with rounded corners at the top; with gilding on the reverse, finely scratched to depict the standing figure of Christ, wearing the Crown of Thorns, holding a whip with two star-shaped mace heads at the ends and a bundle of branches, a palm frond dangling from his elbow; wearing a draped loin cloth; standing on a rounded, cross-hatched ground; inscribed with a monogram of "WBoL"; covered on the back with a heavy black tar-like substance.Provenance
Source
Ruth Blumka
(-1994)
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