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Stained Glass Window, Renaissance Style, Canton Of Bern, H48cm W36cm
A Renaissance-style stained-glass window painted in grisaille and enamels depicts Duke Berchtold V of Zähringen, founder of the city of Bern, who, according to legend, killed a bear on the site where the city was founded. He is flanked by two knights in armor bearing a banner symbolizing a bear and a lion. At the top, each cartouche depicts a bear hunt, representing the legend of the duke. At the bottom is the inscription: DIE STATT BERN 1524
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