Heraldic Panel with Arms of the House of Hapsburg

Unknown

ca. 1504–6 · Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain · The Cloisters

The Gravensteen at Ghent was the principal domain of the Hapsburgs in South Flanders. These stained-glass panels, thought to have come from this imperial residence, are part of a larger series ordered either by Maximilian I or Charles V. From left to right the arms are those of Maximilian I, Philip the Fair, Charles V, and Henry, count of Nassau.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1504–6

Medium

Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain

Culture

South Netherlandish

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 1937