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 (Castle of the Count) at Ghent was the principal domain of the Hapsburgs in South Flanders. This stained-glass panel, thought to have come from this imperial residence, is part of a larger series ordered either by Maximilian I or Charles V.

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