English: Stained Glass from St. Leonhard

Pot-metal glass, white glass, and vitreous paint Austria, Kärnten (Lavanttal), 1340-1350 From the choir and north chapel windows of the pilgrimage church of St. Leonhard at Bad St. Leonhard in Lavanttal, near Klagenfurt

The stained glass in the three aspidal windows originally, comprised two entire windows and parts of four others in the church of St. Leonhard. A single workshop apparently created the entire glazing program. The painting is characterized by a bold linear and attenuated figure style, by a rich, saturated palette, and by inventive pattened grounds and borders. Figures of Apostles are set against unusually shaped frames called keyhole medallions. Borders and foliate decorations in brighlty contrasting colors contribute to the lively, shimmering surface. In the left double lancet are figures of Apostles and saints, including Emperor Henry II and his wife, Kunigunde, the patron saints of the donors of the window. The central window portrays events after the Crucifixion of Christ and scenes from the later life of the Virgin. In the right lancet are bishop, warrior, and martyr saints and church fathers.