STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS FROM THE CHAPEL OF THE COLLÈGE DE DORMANS-BEAUVAIS: SAINT JAMES THE MINOR

Attribué à Baudoin de Soissons

    1377-1378 and 1858
    Stained glass
    Purchased in 2008
    VREC6

During the 19th century, the Carnavalet Museum’s collection of stained glass was built from stained glass windows that came from churches and restorations in Paris. These six panels featuring five apostles and a bishop had been subjected to a series of installations and re-installations. Originally from the chapel of the College of Dormans-Beauvais, which was built in 1375 by architect Raymond du Temple, they are attributed to Baudoin de Soissons and the painter Jean de Bruges, who created the famous Apocalypse tapestry at Angers. Moved from the chapel under the Restoration and reinstalled in the Saint-Germain-des-Près church, they were later restored and adapted to the high windows of Saint-Séverin as part of the work carried out in Paris by Victor Baltard. Only the head of St. Philip is original and is probably part of a set of fragments given by the restorer Prosper Lafaye to the Carnavalet Museum in the late 19th century.