St John the Baptist
detail from Scenes from the Life of Christ
1841
Four-light window with medallions containing fifteen biblical scenes and subjects. Scenes (from top to bottom), left-hand light: the arrest of Christ, Christ carrying his cross, Christ at the wedding at Cana; second light from the left: seated figure of John the Baptist in a landscape, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the adoration of the infant Christ; second light from the right: Christ transfigured, Christ with the woman at the well, Christ being baptised by John the Baptist; right-hand light: Christ brought before the crowd by Pilate, Christ being taken down from the cross and Christ healing Bartimeus.
artist: David EvansChurch of St Giles, Wrexhamnorth wall of the chancel
The glass was originally from the east window and reset in this position at the time of the refurbishment of the chancel, in 1914.
The figure of Christ transfigured is a copy of the painting of the full scene of the Transfiguration by Raphael (with the scene of the possessed boy being brought before the disciples below) that was reproduced by Evans at Welshpool. The scene of Christ being taken down from the cross is after Rubens' altarpiece of 1612-14. It is likely that many more of these scenes are interpretations in glass of other old master paintings. (ObjectID=2055 ImageID=8662) Original File Name=Wrexham_DSC4624B.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 06-05-2016
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to David EvansFurther readingMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 74–5.
Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 97.
D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. III, p. 300-1.
ReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 301.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2016.
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