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Lot Essay
The panel offered here is based on a design by Hans Holbein the Younger dated to circa 1530 and housed in the Kunstmuseum, Basel (H. A. Schmid, Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Sein aufsteig zur Meisterschaft und Sein Englisher stil, Basel, 1945, pl. 41).
Holbein was known to have worked on designs for stained glass panels from as early as 1517 when he was active in Lucerne. His work in this field continued during both his sojourns in Basel - before and after his time in England between 1526-8. A number of such designs for stained glass panels can be seen in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, such as those for the Passion of Christ illustrated in C. Müller, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515-1532, Munich, 2006.
Another panel based on a design by Holbein displaying a very similar palate and attention to detail to the present lot is illustrated in M. Michael, Images in Light: Stained Glass 1200-1550, London, 2002, no. 42.
Although the coats-of-arms on the present panel have not yet been identified, the presence of the Matterhorn in the background of this panel suggests that it was created for a prominent Swiss family from that region.
Holbein was known to have worked on designs for stained glass panels from as early as 1517 when he was active in Lucerne. His work in this field continued during both his sojourns in Basel - before and after his time in England between 1526-8. A number of such designs for stained glass panels can be seen in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, such as those for the Passion of Christ illustrated in C. Müller, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515-1532, Munich, 2006.
Another panel based on a design by Holbein displaying a very similar palate and attention to detail to the present lot is illustrated in M. Michael, Images in Light: Stained Glass 1200-1550, London, 2002, no. 42.
Although the coats-of-arms on the present panel have not yet been identified, the presence of the Matterhorn in the background of this panel suggests that it was created for a prominent Swiss family from that region.