Important vitrail gothique représentant la Crucifixion

Ancienne église des Dominicains à Strasbourg

F. Gatouillat, 'La Verrière typologique de la première église des Dominicains à Strasbourg', dans Internationale Studien zu Ehren von Rüdiger Becksmann : Glas. Malerei. Forschung, Berlin, 2004, p. 101-107.
V.Beyer, Les Vitraux de l'ancienne église des Dominicains de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2007, p. 34-36.

The two stained glass windows are in very good condition overall. It appears that there have been two sessions of minor restorations, one between 1755 -1800, another in 1963 by Ott Frères: In the first session, the black overpaint of the faces, draperies and the octogon appears to have been refreshed and retouched at several places and a few small pieces of glass have been replaced. The old glass elements with wineleaves above the polylobed medallion appear to have been rearranged. In1963, the lead mounts (calme) has been strengthend at several places and both panels have been reinforced by a metal wire running around the edges of the glass. Some of the green glass elements framing the medallion in the center appear to have been replaced. Crucifixion: Possibly some repaint to Christ's halo. St John's yellow dress, paint appears to have been refreshed. A fine hairline crack in his face and to his foot. There is a small vertical white piece to the right ribs of Christ's Corpus, as well as the white frize to the lower end of the Virgin's dress which may possibly have been restored. All lead calme in this panel have been strengthend in 1963 and filled with putty. The lead mount shows some minor cracks to the joints at some places. Very fine pieces in good condition overall.
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Ces deux importants vitraux illustrent le Baiser de Judas et la Crucifixion et datent vers 1260. Ils font partie d'une série de dix panneaux, provenant de l'ancienne église des Dominicains à Strasbourg. Après la transformation de l'église des Dominicains en bibliothèque et sa destruction en 1870, ces vitraux, les seuls encore en main privée, étaient destinés à être réemployés dans la cathédrale de Strasbourg. Les panneaux se trouvaient dans l'atelier du vitrier strasbourgeois Albert Sigel depuis 1850 pour être restaurés et furent achetés en 1909 par la grand-mère des propriétaires actuels.
Les autres vitraux de la série sont repartis entre la collection Burrel à  Glasgow, avec le Sacrifice d'Abraham, et le martyre de Jérémie au Württembergisches Landesmuseum de Stuttgart, sept médaillons et un fragment hagiographique sont exposés au musée de l'Œuvre de Notre-Dame et sept autres vitraux ont été réemployés dans la chapelle Saint Laurent de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, toujours en place aujourd'hui.