id: 133347 accession number: 1955.71 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.71 updated: 2022-01-04 15:56:43.854000 Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich, 1593. Workshop of Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550-1610). White glass with silver stain and pot metal; diameter: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.71 title: Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1593 creation date earliest: 1593 creation date latest: 1593 current location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Switzerland, Zurich, late 16th Century technique: white glass with silver stain and pot metal department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550-1610) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Lord Sudeley; Baron von Pannwitz; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The coats-of-arms of 31 different Swiss towns and provinces are shown in the outer ring of this stained glass roundel. If you look closely, you can see flowers, lions, and a unicorn. What symbols would you choose for your own coat-of-arms? digital description: wall description: The large shield at center incorporating the double eagle (insignia of the Holy Roman Empire) is surrounded by thirty small shields-those of the wards of the city of Zurich. In the late 1400s, it was customary for neighboring Swiss towns and cantons to exchange panels of stained glass to promote closer political relationships. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.71/1955.71_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.71/1955.71_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.71/1955.71_full.tif