GOTHIC GLASS PAINTER, German
(active 1235-1245)

The Stigmatization of St Francis

1235-45
Stained glass window
Barfüsserkirche, Erfurt

St Francis of Assisi has originally emphasized the vow of poverty, but within decades of the founding of the Franciscan order in 1209, Franciscan churches much farther afield, like that at Erfurt in Germany, contained lavish stained glass images, including the scene of his receiving the stigmata.