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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:German
Title:Heraldic Panel of the Gugel Family
Date Made:ca. 1600
Type:Stained Glass
Materials:uncolored glass, vitreous paint, silver stain, green, blue and purple enamels
Place Made:Nuremberg
Measurements:panel: 8 x 8 in.; 20.32 x 20.32 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2018.219
Credit Line:Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
The stained-glass panel, featuring a coat of arms, has an octagonal frame with a black leading. It is divided into four sections, with a roundel outlined in black in the center. Inside the roundel is a gold shape, with floral detailing and patterns inside. The shape is curling at the edges in three places, showing the back to be silver. Running diagonally from the top right to the bottom left of the gold shape is a blue band, with three gold fleurs-de-lis, the symbol of France. It is set against a purple background, with similar floral details and patterns, and surrounding this are four green branches. In between these branches in three places are three yellow berries, respectively, and some smaller blue berries. Outside the roundel, the pane is decorated with identical gold acanthus leaves in each quadrant, against a clear background. (Mone Kawano '25)

Heraldry: Gugel: Or on a bend azure three fleurs-de-lis or

Label Text:
The Gugel von Brand and Diepoltsdorf were a patrician family from the free imperial city of Nuremberg. As the most privileged segment of urban society, German patricians were considered equal to the feudal nobility. The members of the Gugel family were successful long-distance traders and civil servants. Their coat of arms comprises a golden shield with three fleurs-de-lis (stylized lilies) against a diagonal blue band. A green laurel wreath with berries surrounds the shield.

Maria Timina, 2025

Tags:
shape; decoration and ornament; symbolism; design; fruit; geometry; symmetry; leaves

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