Sacrifice of Isaac
Stained Glass Design
1541 (made)
1541 (made)
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A shield of an abbot of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Bellelay in the Jura, probably of Niklaus I. Schnell of Bil (d.1530)., the 28th Abbot (elected 1508). St. Nicholas of Myra stands on the right. On either side, pillars with grotesque amorini and two compartments at the top with scenes of the Sacrifice of Isaac and the Blessing of Jacob. The flesh tones are picked out in red-brown 'rot-lot' invented by L. Ringler of Glasmaler.
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| Materials and techniques | pen and wash |
| Brief description | M.M.B. Shield of a Premonstratensian abbot from the Abbey of Bellelay in the Jura, possibly Niklaus I. Schnell (d.1530), with St. Nicholas of Myra on the right, grotesque amorini and scenes copied after Holbein of the Sacrifice of Isaac and the Blessing of Jacob. Swiss, dated 1541. |
| Physical description | A shield of an abbot of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Bellelay in the Jura, probably of Niklaus I. Schnell of Bil (d.1530)., the 28th Abbot (elected 1508). St. Nicholas of Myra stands on the right. On either side, pillars with grotesque amorini and two compartments at the top with scenes of the Sacrifice of Isaac and the Blessing of Jacob. The flesh tones are picked out in red-brown 'rot-lot' invented by L. Ringler of Glasmaler. |
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| Object history | The Biblical scenes are copied from Holbein's "Historiarum Veteris Testamenti Icones ad Vivum Espressae"; the ornament from the Passion Series. The red-brown fleshtones use the pigment "rot-lot" invented by L. Ringler of Glasmaler. |
| Bibliographic reference | Schneider, Jenny. 'Vorlagen für das schweizerische Kunstgewerbe', Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archaeologie und Kunstgeschichte, Vol. 16, 1956, pl. 65, fig.1. |
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| Accession number | 2345 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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