Jonah and the Whale, with the Arms of Hans Jacob Leeman and Johannes Gmünder

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Jonah and the Whale, with the Arms of Hans Jacob Leeman and Johannes Gmünder,

1615

Hans Däntzler, Swiss, active early 17th century
y1962-104

Information

Title
Jonah and the Whale, with the Arms of Hans Jacob Leeman and Johannes Gmünder
Dates

1615

Maker
Hans Däntzler
Medium
Stained glass: white glass, pot metal glass, vitreous paint, enamel paint, silver stain, and lead came
Dimensions
32.0 x 20.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stanley Mortimer, Class of 1919
Object Number
y1962-104
Place Made

Europe, Switzerland, Zurich

Signatures
Initialed "HD" within bottom incription panel.
Inscription
Als Jonas drei Nacht und drei Tag/ Im Bauch des grossen Walfischs lag/ Warff er ut wide[ .]urn uff S Land/ Und ward gon Ninive gesand/ H. Hans Jacob/ Leeman der Zyt/ Pfarherr in der Grub./ H. Johanes Gmünder/ der zyt pfarrer Zum/ Spycher. 1615· (When Jonah lay for three nights and three days/ in the stomach of the big whale/ he [the whale] threw him out again to the land/ and he was sent to Nineveh Mr. Hans Jacob Lehman the current pastor in the Grub/ Johannes Gmünder the current pastor of Speicher)
Culture
Swiss
Type
stained glass, windows
Materials
sanguine, opaque white glass, enamel, silver stain, pot-metal glass
Subject
figures (representations), sailing vessels, wreaths (costume accessories), bible stories, religious art, coat of arms elements

Stanley Mortimer; 1962 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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