This four-light composition, immediately adjoining the Adoration of the Magi window, presents a devotional sequence linking the donor figures to scenes of angelic intercession and the Virgin and Child.

In the right-hand light, the Virgin Mary is enthroned with the Christ Child, flanked by angels in white and gold. To her left kneel a male and female donor couple, richly dressed in the red and gold heraldic costume of late-medieval Berry, accompanied by their patron saints.

The saints represented are St Agnes, holding a lamb as emblem of purity; St Stephen, bearing the martyr’s stones upon his book; St James the Greater, identifiable by his scallop-decorated pilgrim’s cloak; and St Sebastian, shown as the youthful intercessor against plague. Their inclusion reflects a careful balance of chastity, sacrifice, pilgrimage, and protection—themes resonant in the devotional life of the French nobility in the later 15th century.

The compositions are unified by intricate architectural canopies, with pinnacled white and gold tabernacle frames and rich blue and green damask grounds. The alternating posture of kneeling donors and upright saints creates a rhythmic dialogue between earthly piety and heavenly advocacy.

Context and Attribution

This window forms part of the Christological and donor cycle completed around 1467, stylistically linked to the Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi panels. The work is attributed to the Bourges Cathedral workshop, likely under Jean Lécuyer or André Robin, maîtres verriers active 1460–1475.

The refined draughtsmanship, modelling of flesh tones, and damask ornament strongly suggest a unified conception across the ambulatory glazing. The heraldic motifs—particularly the repeated fleurs-de-lis—indicate a commission associated with the royal or ducal court of Berry, further underscoring the civic and dynastic prestige embedded in the ensemble.

Interpretation

The theological programme emphasises intercession and lineage: donors are presented under the patronage of their chosen saints, who mediate between earthly devotion and celestial mercy, visually culminating in the enthroned Virgin. The sequence creates an unbroken chain of prayer that anchors the mortal patron within the eternal court of heaven.