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LOT 0411

Medieval Stained Glass Heraldic Panel

SWITZERLAND, C.1535 AD

18 3/4 x 14 1/4" (1.53 kg total, 47.5 x 36cm).

A framed stained glass panel depicting a standing Landsknecht standard bearer in half-armour with puffed-and-slashed sleeves, holding a two-handed sword in one hand and a banner with the heraldic arms of the city of Unterwalden (or Solothurn); at his feet is a heraldic lion rampant bearing the imperial shield and crown beneath an architectural column surmounted by soldier playing a fife; to his rear a column with putti at the base and a drummer above. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex central London gallery.
Koller Auctions, 25 September 2017, lot 1005.
Private collection, Schaffhausen, Germany.
Accompanied by a previous cataloguing page on the piece.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11117-184125.

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