These twin stained-glass lights in the Cathedral of Sainte-Croix, Orléans, created in 1861 by the Lobin Studios of Tours, depict St Elizabeth and her son St John the Baptist. They form part of the mid-nineteenth-century restoration of the cathedral’s glazing, executed under the direction of the prolific French glass painter Lucien-Léopold Lobin. Against a luminous geometric ground of deep blue and crimson enriched with gold and white ornament, the two saints are portrayed with the serene dignity characteristic of Lobin’s mature style.

On the left, St Elizabeth appears veiled and draped in rose and green, her right hand raised in gentle benediction. Opposite her stands the youthful St John the Baptist, clothed in a rough camel-hair tunic, holding his slender staff and the banner of the Agnus Dei. A small lamb, emblem of Christ, rests at his feet. Lobin’s confident draughtsmanship and mastery of colour are evident in the rhythmic folds of drapery and the luminous balance between figure and background, where jewel-like hues evoke the splendour of medieval stained glass while remaining unmistakably nineteenth-century in clarity and control.

Executed during the Second Empire’s revival of Gothic art, this window exemplifies the renewed alliance of piety and craftsmanship that defined French ecclesiastical decoration of the period. Through its graceful composition and restrained devotional tone, it conveys both familial tenderness and prophetic purpose, a reflection of the artist’s ability to transform sacred narrative into an image of quiet radiance.