Welcome panel

Anonymous, Swiss

early 17th century · Stained and enameled glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This panel—the work of an anonymous glass painter after an anonymous designer—is a typical example of the many windows that brought light and bright colors to the dark rooms of Swiss sixteenth-and seventeenth-century houses. As indicated by the inscription, it represents two burghers from Jestetten (a border town in present-day Germany), Christoff vom Greüt and his wife, Catrin. The figures should be considered representations of the patrons rather than actual portraits.

Artist

Anonymous, Swiss

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Stained and enameled glass

Culture

Swiss

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973