The Arms of Heinrich Bodmer of Baden (c. 1530): Art, History and Details
The Arms of Heinrich Bodmer of Baden at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1530, pot-metal and white glass, silver stain. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Arms of Heinrich Bodmer of Baden (c. 1530) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
For over two hundred years, Swiss craftsmen were preeminent in the production of heraldic glass. They executed coats-of-arms of individuals, families, cantons, and guilds, often inspired for their compositions by contemporary engravings and paintings.
Object facts
- Title: The Arms of Heinrich Bodmer of Baden
- Date: c. 1530
- Culture: Switzerland, Baden, 16th century
- Type: Glass
- Technique: pot-metal and white glass, silver stain
- Dimensions: Overall: 33.4 x 20.5 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Accession number: 1954.150
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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