Live Auction 6451Works of Art from the Collection of the late Lord Forte & An Interior by Francoise de Pfyffer
A SWISS RECTANGULAR ARMORIAL STAINED GLASS PANEL
Lot 319

A SWISS RECTANGULAR ARMORIAL STAINED GLASS PANEL

DATED 1668

Closed12 July 2012

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GBP 4,000

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A SWISS RECTANGULAR ARMORIAL STAINED GLASS PANEL
DATED 1668
With German inscription giving the title/rank and name of 'Chri. Pfiffer Schuldtheis' along with the names 'Maria Jacob(?) Pfifferin' and 'Anna Heyenberg', the left-hand coat-of-arms is that of the de Pfyffers von Altishofen
22¾ x 19 in. (57.9 x 48.3 cm.) the panel; 25 x 21 3/8 in. (63.5 x 54.3 cm.) the frame

Probably the de Pfyffers von Altishofen, Schloss Altishofen,
Switzerland.

Specialist note

This panel appears to relate to Karl Christoph Pfyffer von Altishofen (1685-1768) who formed part of a Swiss deputation to the court of Louis XIV in the early 1660's. For a portrait of him and his wife Anna Maria Franziska von Sonnenberg (d. 1757) see lot 332 in this sale.