# Emblematic Window

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RENAISSANCE GLASS PAINTER, French](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Stained glass

## Commentary

Emblematic Window c. 1550 Stained glass Musée National de la Renaissance, Écouen Stained glass was widely used in secular context during the Renaissance in France, providing another way of introducing colour into interior decoration. Such windows long featured roundels in their centres - circular, oval, and even square compartments intended to maximize the light. This window is one of a series from the gallery at Écouen that combines ciphers, devices, and emblems of Anne de Montmorency with strapwork, triumphal caps, and grotesques.

## Related artworks

- [François I Praying](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/franois-i-praying-r0148178febe93a>)
- [Life of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/life-of-the-virgin-detail-r27095af895f674>)
- [Life of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/life-of-the-virgin-detail-r6c1a41dcf00381>)
- [Life of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/life-of-the-virgin-detail-r7bfdf7daac35e3>)
- [St Catherine of Alexandria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/st-catherine-of-alexandria-r1d8b9544113925>)
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- [The Wisdom of Solomon \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/the-wisdom-of-solomon-detail-r88510e6b7628f4>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renaissance-glass-painter-french-re8dad836b5834e/virgin-and-child-r85b885496674b1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)