Roundel
1587 (made)
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Roundel of clear, coloured and flashed glass painted in black/brown pigment, silver stain and blue enamel. A coat of arms (vert, a lion rampant argent) surrounded by an inscription and 15 shields of the people named in the inscription, all from Grüningen in canton Zurich. Workshop of Christoph Mürer. Swiss, dated 1587.
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| Brief description | Roundel of clear, coloured and flashed glass painted in black/brown pigment, silver stain and blue enamel. A coat of arms (vert, a lion rampant argent) surrounded by an inscription and 15 shields of the people named in the inscription, all from Grüningen in canton Zurich. Workshop of Christoph Mürer. Swiss, dated 1587. |
| Physical description | Roundel of clear, coloured and flashed glass painted in black/brown pigment, silver stain and blue enamel. A coat of arms (vert, a lion rampant argent) surrounded by an inscription and 15 shields of the people named in the inscription, all from Grüningen in canton Zurich. Workshop of Christoph Mürer. Swiss, dated 1587. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Tobler, Bürgi Bosshart Houptman, Jos Rubly Landschryber, Hans Meys Derzytt obervogt, Rudolff Mürer undervogt, Hans Shüfelberg, Heint Künss, Henrich Buler, Rudolff Zancker, Oswald Hotz, Hans Rudolf Süri. Round this is another band of thirty two shields and an outer band with the following names above the shields:
Staal, Dirttem, Tobelt, Bassenberg, Wald, Hadlich, Hohenlandenberg, Bernegg, Ringwyl, Hinwyl, Windegg zumstag, Schwartzenberg, Rütty, Wetzickon, Gryffenberg, Kempten, Urickon, Bubickon, Fronsperg, Guldenen, Fryenegg, Boll, Schirmense, Liebenberg im Brand, Holtz Huysen, Nossickon, Egelsee, Berlickon. Ottickon, Rossberg by Wald, Vossickon |
| Credit line | Given by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr |
| Object history | Note in Register: From the former collection in the Palace of Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia in Berlin (information supplied by Paul Boesch RP 52/315). Note in Register: (Feb.1952) Attributed to the workshop of Christoph Mürer by Paul Boesch. Arms of Grüningen: vert, a lion rampant argent. Castle built in 1228 by the Freiherr von Regensburg. The Herrschaft (a ruler of the area) had a Landtag (diet) which met 3 or 4 times a year under the presidency of the Landvogt (bailiff). The Landvogtei included the Premonstratensian Abbey of Rüti and Gerichtscherrlichkeiten of Greiffenberg, Kempten and Wetzikon. It once included 17 Burgen, and comprised the 13 parishes of Bäretswil, Bubikon, Dürnten, Egg, Fischenthal, Gossau, Grüningen, Hinwil, Hombrechtikon, Mönchaltorf, Rüti, Wald and Wetzikon. In the 14th century the area was ruled by the bailiffs (Herrschaft) of the lords of Austria and eventually, in 1408, to the canton of Zurich. Note in Register: (RP 46/948) For request for photographs etc. from the Landesmuseum at Zurich to be used in making a reproduction of this panel for the local museum, at Grüningen. |
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| Accession number | C.38-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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