Object details

Accession number

C6e8

Primary Creator

Swiss

Full title

Roundel with Shield of Arms

Creation Date

17th century

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Marks

Arms: Per pale, dexter or a demi-Imperial eagle sable langued gules, sinister bendy of six gules and argent

Dimensions

8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Display Media

Crown of white glass with enamels

Web Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Permanent Gallery Location

Spanish Chapel

Bibliography

Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 47. (grouped with other painted glass)
Madeline Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99. (unattributed)
Madeline Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 15 (Washington, D.C., 1985), p. 44, no. A. (as Swiss (?), 17th century)

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