Infills for the 16th-century Breton Tree of Jesse

1994 - Église de l'Enclos Paroissial de la Martyre, La Martyre

Infills for the 16th-century Breton Tree of Jesse

Having won the competition with abstract maquettes, I proposed to Historic Monuments that I adapt to the wishes of the master, the rector and the parishioners by designing, in alternation, allusive or figurative windows relating to an iconography. I spent a month in La Martyre completing in situ the full-size colored cartoon of the 16th-century Tree of Jesse, in order to immerse myself in the atmosphere inside the church and to harmonize my infills with the magnificent Dormition, a 16th-century Breton stained-glass window located in a choir chapel next to the Tree of Jesse.

Type of building
Church
Département
Finistère
Location in the building
North nave

Gallery

Abstract maquette

Maquette

Abstract maquette

Allusive cartoon for the Tree of Jesse

Cartoon

Allusive cartoon for the Tree of Jesse

Working on the cartoon of the Tree of Jesse inside the church

Detail

Working on the cartoon of the Tree of Jesse inside the church

Laid out on the glass table, the elements of the 5 panels of the 16th-century Breton Tree of Jesse. I copied them onto my full-size cartoon before completing it in the church of the Enclos de la Martyre.

Detail

Laid out on the glass table, the elements of the 5 panels of the 16th-century Breton Tree of Jesse. I copied them onto my full-size cartoon before completing it in the church of the Enclos de la Martyre.