panel

Object NamePanel Depicting Jacob von Fulach

Made FromGlass, enamels

Dateabout 1560

Place MadeSwitzerland

Techniquestained glass, painted

SizeOverall H: 41.1 cm, W: 32.3 cm

Accession Number94.3.99

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionWhite glass, enamels; stained glass, painted. Stained glass window of white glass with silver stain and enamels set in pot metal. Central standing figure of Jacob von Fulach framed by heraldic shields and battle scenes. Delineated in enamel paint is the figure of the magistrate Jacob von Fulach standing under an ornamental arch, its architrave decorated with battle scenes. He is framed to the left and right by two armorial shields bearing the following arms: "Azure, an increscent moon argent, impaling or, a lion rampant to the sinister gules, armed and langued argent. (left) "Per fess sable and or, a lion rampant counterchanged, armed and langued argent." (right) Corpus Vitrearum, p. 25. Inscribed below: "Jacob von Fulach oberamptman/ in der Landgraffschafft Cläckgäuw."

Provenance

Former Collection Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum - 1994