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Arms of Wiprecht von Rosenbach with Naval Battle
ca. 1620
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German
German
Stained glass: pot metal; white glass with silver stain, sanguine, and enamel
Overall: 16 1/2 × 12 3/4 inches (41.9 × 32.4 cm)
Stained Glass
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of George G. Booth
23.8
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, at the bottom: FORTES FORTUNA IUVAT, 1620
Provenance
(Theodore Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland)
George G. Booth (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)
1923-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lehmann, H. Sammlung Lord Sudeley, Toddington Castle, Gloucestershire. Schweizer Glasmalereien vorwiegend des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts. Munich, 1911, p.
Burroughs, C. "Stained Glass Presented by Mr. George G. Booth." Bulletin of the DIA 4, no. 7 (April 1923): p. 59.
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 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. 298-301.
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German (Baden-Württemberg), Arms of Wiprecht von Rosenbach with Naval Battle, ca. 1620, stained glass: pot metal; white glass with silver stain, sanguine, and enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 23.8.
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