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Virgin and Child

Panel
ca. 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker

Panel of painted glass depicting the Virgin and Child. Swiss, possibly c.1650.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVirgin and Child (generic title)
Brief description
Panel of painted glass depicting the Virgin and Child. Swiss, possibly c.1650.
Physical description
Panel of painted glass depicting the Virgin and Child. Swiss, possibly c.1650.
Credit line
Bought
Object history
Came from the collection of Johann Martin Usteri, poet and artist of Zurich, died 1827. After his death the whole of about 180 panels was sold and went to the Castle of Gröditzberg in Silesia. 23 panels of this collection were sold again in 1854 to Charlottenburg and then to England. The rest of the Schloss Gröditzberg Collection was bought in 1894 for the new Swiss National Museum.
Historical context
(22 July 1935) Note in Register: Paul Boesch says that Kloten is near Zurich.
Production
Date has been called into question
Bibliographic references
  • Rahu, F.R., Catalogue of Swiss National Museum
  • Boesch, Paul, Die Glasgemaldersammlung von Johann Martin Usteri. Zeitschift für schweizerische archaologie und Kunstgeschichte, Band 14, Helft 2, 1953
Collection
Accession number
9062-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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