Stained Glass Panel of the Month of May

SOUTHERN LOW COUNTRIES, CIRCA 1580-1600 A.D.

9 3/8 in. (266 grams, 23.7 cm).

Ellipsoid panel with polychrome landscape scene depicting a fowler in the foreground holding his left arm extended for a perching bird of prey wearing a hood; the fowler in slashed doublet and hose with turned boots standing before an oak tree; in the middle distance, two figures sitting in the grass, the female playing a lute and the male gesticulating, and a third riding with arm raised releasing a hawk; in the distance, wooded hills with a castle; inked title 'Maiŭs' (May); lead came with two suspension loops; cracked and repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

De Baecque Vente aux enchere, 5 March 2022, no.55.
Ex central London gallery.

CONDITION

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