Panel of clear, coloured and flashed glass with yellow (silver) stain and painted details. Depicting the arms of the Bishop of Constance. Painted by Lukas Zeiner in Zurich, Switzerland, ca. 1500.

Stained glass panel of the arms of Hugo von Hohenlandenberg as Bishop of Constance with angel supporters presenting his mitre and pastoral staff.

Given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr

This panel was given to the museum in 1919 by JP Morgan in memory of his father and in acknowledgement of Anglo-American cooperation in the war.

Hugo von Hohenlandenberg was Bishop of Constance between 1496 and 1532. The arms depicted here are those of the bishophric of Constance quartered with that of the family von Hohenlandenberg. The arms of Hohenlandenberg are: quarterly, 1 and 4, Gules, 3 annulets argent (for Alt-Landenberg); 2 and 3, Or and Sable (for Landenberg-Greifensee). The arms of Constance occupy the first and fourth quarter and show a red cross on a white ground. The angels serve as supporters to the arms. Angel supporters often found in Continental ecclesiastical arms. They bear the bishop's mitre and crozier.

Lukas Zeiner was a glass painter and glazier. He is recorded in the town records of Zurich between 1479 and 1512. At this time, the records are quite specifc and glass painters like Zeiner are often recorded by name rather than as simply 'glass painter'. The commissioning of secular, heraldic, glass was becoming more common in the 15th and 16th centuries, especially on the Continent where the rules as to who could claim a coat of arms was more relaxed than it was in England. Zeiner was a leading glass artist in the field of heraldic painting and his style which featured a coat of arms with supporters within an elaborate canopy set the stage for similar work for the next hundred years.

Zeiner used a pale red enamel on the angels' lips. This was a new pigment beginning to be used in the early part of the 16th century.

Hugo von Hohenlandenberg was Bishop of Constance between 1496 and 1532. The arms seen here are those of the Swiss bishophric of Constance quartered with that of the family von Hohenlandenberg. The arms of Constance occupy the first and fourth quarter and show a red cross on a white ground. Angels serve as supporters to the arms. Such angel supporters are often found in ecclesiastical coats of arms in mainland Europe. They bear the bishop’s mitre and crosier.

Lukas Zeiner was a glass painter and glazier. He is recorded in the town records of Zurich between 1479 and 1512. At this time, the records are quite specifc and often record glass painters like Zeiner by name rather than as simply ‘glass painter’. In the 15th and 16th centuries it became more common to commission secular, heraldic, glass. It was especially common in mainland Europe, where the rules as to who could claim a coat of arms were more relaxed than in England. Zeiner was a leading glass artist in the field of heraldic painting. His style featured a coat of arms with supporters within an elaborate canopy. It set the stage for similar work for the next 100 years.

Zeiner used a pale red enamel on the angels’ lips. This was a new pigment that began to be used in the 1500s.

C.39-1919