GOTHIC GLASS PAINTER, French
(active 1247-1250)

Window

1247-50
Stained glass window
Cathedral, Troyes

The full-colour glazing of the choir of Troyes Cathedral shows each frame divided horizontally into three areas filled with scenes or figures, framed by painted architecture or a kind of extended foil.

The technique of combining large area of grisaille glass in which the figures are set as a horizontal band of colour was further elaborated in the collegiate church of St.-Urbain in Troyes, and became predominant in the stained glass of French building until the mid-14th century.