Coat of Arms and Allegorical Figures of Europe and America

Artists

Dimensions

38 × 32.3 cm (14 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Johann Wilhelm Veith. [1] Dietrich Schindler (Lugt 793). Possibly Paul Ganz, Basel. Hugo von Ziegler and Edith Schindler by descent; to Ziegler-Schindler heirs, Schaffhausen, 1966, sold; through [Christophe Joron-Derem, Paris, December 13, 2017, lot 56], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023 Note [1] The Lugt profile on Dietrich Schindler (L.793, L.4432) explains that Schindler purchased part of the collection of Johann Wilhelm Veith, which included 258 drawings of coats of arms for stained glass. Twenty-one drawings from Dietrich Schindler’s collection eventually ended up in that of Hugo von Ziegler, which came into that collection via Paul Ganz of Basel between 1921 and 1925.