21
Sep
2009
Annunciation
Submitted by walwyn
Comparision of two Annunciation windows, by the Julien Fournier Studio, dated 1885 and 1886 in Pontlevoy and Cheverny respectively.
Loir-et-Cher
12
Nov
2025
Bodard and Gouffault
Submitted by walwyn
This luminous two-light window in the Church of Saint-Pierre, Pontlevoy, offers a modern devotional portrayal of Notre-Dame de la Blanche, created in the years following the Second World War. Designed by Gaston de Bodard and executed by the Orléans master-glazier Louis Gouffault.
18
Dec
2009
Châteauvieux - St. Hilaire
Submitted by walwyn
Stained glass windows by Claudius and Noel Lavergne.
13
Oct
2009
Christ in Majesty
Submitted by walwyn
These wall paintings of Christ in Majesty represent Christ as ruler of the universe. Normally he is in a mandorla and surrounded by other figures and objects. The other figures depicted change from time to time.
The two kneeling benefactors are thought to be Louis II of Chalon and Jeanne de Perellos.
The church at Saint Romain sur Cher was rebult in the C16 and restored in the C19. The north and south walls of the apse are painted with scenes of the Decapitation of John the Baptist and the Baptism of Christ on the north wall, and on the south wall is the Resurrection. Both of these paintings were restored in 1859.
Triptych by Noël Lavergne depicting the Nativity, crucifixion, and resurrection.
Grisaille design by Noël Lavergne Church of Saint Hilaire Châteauvieux.
Although biographical information on Catherine Menu remains scarce, her surviving ecclesiastical glass situates her within the post-war renewal of sacred art in France, a movement that sought to reconcile liturgical tradition with the visual language of modernism. Menu appears to have been active from the 1970s through the 1990s, producing windows for parish churches in the Loir-et-Cher and surrounding departments.
10
Sep
2009
Meusnes - St. Pierre
Submitted by walwyn
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