Christ de Wissembourg

Christ de Wissembourg is a stained glass window that was located in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Wissembourg and was created around 1060/1070 or the late 12th century. It is exhibited today in the Women's Refuge Museum (inventory number: MAD XXIII.21) in Strasbourg .

description

The Christ de Wissembourg is the oldest surviving stained glass window with black solder painting, which was found around 1880 in Weißenburg (in northern Alsace ). The disc with a diameter of only 25 cm was surrounded by colored glasses at a later time. It is believed that the disc came from the Weißenburg monastery .

presentation

The disk shows the head of Jesus of Nazareth . Only the actual face dates from the 11th or 12th century. The craft technique of that time was described by the monk Theophilus Presbyter . The grisaille was applied in three different layers and with different intensities. The frontal view of the head and the stylized shape give the person a very strong and original look.

On June 16, 1990, a postage stamp depicting Christ de Wissembourg was issued by the French Post .

literature

Ernst Merten: Famous stained glass . Berghaus Verlag, Ramerding 1974.

Individual evidence

^ Rüdiger Becksmann: Glass painting find from Schwarzach Monastery . In: Yearbook of the State Art Collections in Baden-Württemberg . tape 44 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-422-06710-3 , pp. 131–132 with Fig. 1 : “(...) the unique Schwarzacher Köpfchen (...), whose classification in the period around 1000 has been unchallenged since 1970. After the recent re-dating of the Lorsch head in the middle of the 11th century and the Weißenburg head in the late 12th century, the Schwarzacher head may even be considered the oldest evidence of figural glass painting in Europe. ” - Earlier dating of the Weißenburg head: Florens Deuchler, Jean Wirth: Alsace. Art monuments and museums (= Reclams Art Guide France . Volume II ). 1st edition. Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-15-010297-9 , pp. 264–265 : "(...) the oldest preserved piece of occidental glass painting ever, made around 1070 (...)"

[1] Rüdiger Becksmann: Glass painting find from Schwarzach Monastery . In: Yearbook of the State Art Collections in Baden-Württemberg . tape 44 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-422-06710-3 , pp. 131–132 with Fig. 1 : “(...) the unique Schwarzacher Köpfchen (...), whose classification in the period around 1000 has been unchallenged since 1970. After the recent re-dating of the Lorsch head in the middle of the 11th century and the Weißenburg head in the late 12th century, the Schwarzacher head may even be considered the oldest evidence of figural glass painting in Europe. ” - Earlier dating of the Weißenburg head: Florens Deuchler, Jean Wirth: Alsace. Art monuments and museums (= Reclams Art Guide France . Volume II ). 1st edition. Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-15-010297-9 , pp. 264–265 : "(...) the oldest preserved piece of occidental glass painting ever, made around 1070 (...)"