Heraldic Panel with Arms of the House of Hapsburg

ca. 1504–6

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 17

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.

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Title: Heraldic Panel with Arms of the House of Hapsburg
Date: ca. 1504–6
Geography: Made in possibly Ghent
Culture: South Netherlandish
Medium: Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain
Dimensions: 34 × 21 in. (86.4 × 53.3 cm)
with modern glass surround: 37 1/2 × 28 × 1 in. (95.3 × 71.1 × 2.5 cm)
Classification: Glass-Stained
Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1937
Object Number: 37.147.4
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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