Linard Gonthier

Linard Gonthier (1565 – after 1642)^[1] was a glass painter who worked in Troyes, France.^[2][3] Among his many works, he undertook the restoration of the stained glass in the church of Sainte-Savine.^[4]

Vitrail du Pressoir mystique (1625) by Linard Gontier: Christ and the twelve apostles (detail). Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes

The Rue Linard Gonthier in Troyes is named after him.

Works

• Stained glass window The Mystical Winepress, from the medieval image of Christ in the winepress, in the fourth chapel along the north aisle of Troyes Cathedral,^[5] dated 1625, showing a vine springing from Christ's chest, with the apostles issuing from its flowers^[6] (see image)
• Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Musée national du château de Pau, Henri IV terrassant un centaure et la Bataille d’Ivry, double-sided drawing, dated 1610, box of stained glass for the Arquebuse Hotel in Troyes, engraved by Hogenberg
• Troyes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Un Arquebusier, achat de la ville à la vente Lebrun-Dalbanne, 29 mai 1884, n° 67, Troyes.