Coat of Arms of the Town of Steckborn

ca. between 1645 and 1684

Wolfgang Spengler Swiss, 1624–after 1684

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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Title Coat of Arms of the Town of Steckborn

Artwork Date ca. between 1645 and 1684

Artist Wolfgang Spengler

Life Dates 1624–after 1684

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Swiss

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Stained glass: white glass with silver stain, sanguine and enamel

Dimensions Overall: 17 1/2 × 13 1/4 inches (44.5 × 33.7 cm)

Classification Stained Glass

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of George G. Booth

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 23.7

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Inscriptions Inscribed, above shield: Frid ernert | Unfrid ver Zert Inscribed, bottom: Die Statt Und [.]ummun | Steckborn im Thurgaüw | Anno 1661 [translation: Peace renews, unrest destroys. The town and commune of Steckborn in Thurgau in the year 1661.]

Provenance

Lord Sudeley (Toddington Castle, Gloucestershire, England)

October 4, 1911, sold by (Galerie Helbing, Munich, Germany) lot 177

until 1922, (Theodore Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland)

until 1923, George G. Booth (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)

1923-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Lehmann, H. Die ehemalige Sammlung schweizerischer Glasmalereien in Toddington Castle, England. Munich, 1911, p. 117, no. 177

Burroughs, C. "Stained Glass Presented by Mr. George G. Booth." Bulletin of the DIA 4, no. 7 (April 1923): p. 59, (ill)

Schneider, J. "Zeugnisse schweizerischer Glasmalerei in amerikanischen Museen." Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 19 (1959): p. 97.

Tutag, N. and L. Hamilton. Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit. Detroit, 1987, pp. 17, 27.

Stained Glass Before 1700 in American Collections: Mid-western and Western States (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist III). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 28. Washington, DC, 1989, p. 173 (ill.).

Raguin, V. and H. Zakin. Stained Glass Before 1700 in the collections of the Midwest States (Corpus Vitrearum United States of America 7), vol I, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan. London, 2001, pp. 301-304.

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attributed to Wolfgang Spengler, Coat of Arms of the Town of Steckborn, ca. between 1645 and 1684, stained glass: white glass with silver stain, sanguine and enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 23.7.