German Stained Glass before 1603
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 60 medieval and Renaissance-era German stained-glass panels. The majority are part of the Burrell Collection, donated to Glasgow in 1944 by Sir William and Lady Burrell. The size of pieces varies from small individual panels depicting single subjects to associated sets of related panels that assemble into majestic church windows. The collection includes some internationally significant examples, including a series of monumental windows from the Carmelite Church at Boppard-on-Rhine. Secured from the outstanding collections of the American businessmen William Randolph Hearst and Robert Goelet in 1939, these beautifully executed windows are amongst the largest and most imposing pieces in the collection. The collection contains other examples from the great production centres of the Rhineland, such as the two small panels depicting King David and Zacharias, thought to originate from the prolific St Cecilia workshop of Cologne. Most of this glass relays religious themes, although there is an example of fifteenth century secular heraldic arms painted with enamels, and a classically inspired roundel, possibly designed by the artist Jörg Breu the Elder of Augsburg (1475-1537).
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