Jean-Claude Golvin

Glassmakers at work

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

63.2 x 44.7 cm (Overall) 32.3 x 18.1 cm (Drawing)

Period

Middle Ages

Geographical area

Location or theme

Scene of life

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

A bird’s-eye view of a scene of glassworkers installing stained glass windows. The drawing is in portrait format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Inscriptions are visible in the margins.
Three glassmakers are working on scaffolding in front of a Gothic window inside a cathedral. Two of them place the stained-glass panels in the barbotières of the lancets, while a third pulls them up using a pulley.

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