GONTIER, Linard
(b. 1565, Troyes, d. ca. 1642, Troyes)

The Mystical Wine Press (detail)

1625
Stained glass
Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Cathedral, Troyes

In the first half of the 17th-century stained glass went into decline, partly due to the breakup of the workshops during the Wars of Religion. In Troyes, however, Linard Gontier run a busy workshop and he composed the grandiose Mystic Wine Press for the Cathedral.




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