16th century

The South Aisle Nave Windows — Abbey Church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen

The south aisle of the nave at Saint-Ouen preserves one of the most varied yet coherent hagiographic ensembles in the church’s glazing programme. Although the windows today comprise mixtures of sixteenth-century fragments, nineteenth-century architectural refitting, and extensive twentieth-century restoration, they collectively articulate a single, sustained theme: the commemoration of exemplary saints whose lives, virtues, and martyrdoms offered models for Christian devotion.

Tolly, Anthony

Active: late 16th century

Anthony Tolly was an English sculptor active in the late sixteenth century, during the mature Elizabethan period. He is of particular significance as the maker of one of the earliest surviving signed church monuments by a native English sculptor.

Tomb of Ambrose Dudley - St Mary, Warwick

Tomb of Ambrose Dudley - St Mary, Warwick

This alabaster and marble monument is to Ambrose Dudley (d1590), 3rd earl of Warwick. It consists of a effigy on a tomb chest with pilasters and angled columns. The Warwick bear is at his feet and the tomb chest contains heraldic shields around its sides.

Tree of Jesse - Saint-Étienne de Beauvais

Tree of Jesse - Saint-Étienne de Beauvais

This Tree of Jesse (1522) in St-Étienne, Beauvais is considered to be one of the major works of Engrand Le Prince. Unfortunately the lower part of the window was destroyed in 1793 (year II of the Republic), when the church was used as a store house.

 

 

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