Life of the Virgin and the Childhood of Christ

Detail from The Annunciation, with God in heaven sending his holy spirit to Mary, from the Life of the Virgin and the Childhood of Christ grisaille stained glass window with silver and gold on white glass, 1545, by the School of Fontainebleau, in the South chapel choir of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13429922

Media ID

45103468

Size

5448px x 3280px (4.5MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen