Annunciation Window (Bézu-la-Forêt)
The Annunciation Window in Bézu-la-Forêt , a French commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region , was created around 1536. The stained glass window in the Catholic parish church of St-Martin was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1907 as Monument historique .
description
Window no. 5 in the transept depicts the Annunciation . It was donated by Jean de Caqueray and his wife Jeanne de Bouju.
In the upper part, the Archangel Gabriel approaches Maria from the left, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing . Below the kneeling donors are shown with their coats of arms.
The window, which underwent several restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries, was partially replaced.
The founders Jean de Caqueray and Jeanne de Bouju
Inscription with the year 1537, the year of death of the donors, and the donors coat of arms
Web links
literature
- Martine Callias Bey, Véronique Chaussé, Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Corpus Vitrearum. Les vitraux de Haute-Normandie . Monum, Éditions du patrimoine, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-85822-314-9 , pp. 116–117.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annonciation in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 29.2 " N , 1 ° 37 ′ 42.6" E