List of stained glass windows in the Janskerk, Gouda

Map of the stained glass windows by number in the Janskerk in Gouda

The Stained glass windows in the Sint Janskerk can be viewed by visitors after paying a modest entrance fee. The earliest windows date from 1555, three years after a destructive fire laid waste to the earlier church built in the same place. The creation of stained glass windows was temporarily halted in 1572 following Gouda's decision to side with the Protestant faction in the Eighty Years' War, but the process was resumed a few years later with windows of a different and more worldly character. As a result, the church features stained glass windows from both Roman Catholic and Protestant donors - a highly unusual combination. The most treasured is the series of windows around the Choir that portray the life of John the Baptist, the city's patron saint, in parallel with that of Jesus Christ.

North Transept

Number Date Title Donor Designer Glazier Image
11596Freedom of conscienceStaten van HollandJoachim WtewaelAdriaan Gerritsz de Vrije
1a1933Mosaic glass    
1b1933Mosaic glass    
1c2016Erasmus and the Freedom of Conscience in 2016Museum GoudaMarc MuldersMarc Mulders
21597Capture of DamiettaHaarlemWillem Thibaut 
31597The maid of DordrechtDordrechtGerrit Gerritsz Cuyp 
41594The heraldic shields of the Dijkreeves under two female representations of Justice and CourageHoogheemraadschap van Rijnland Adriaen Gerritsz de Vrije
51561The Queen of Sheba visits SolomonElburg van den BoetzelaerWouter Crabeth I 
61571Judith and HolofernesJan van LigneDirk Crabeth 
71557The King's window with Solomon in the Tempel and the Last SupperPhillip II of SpainDirk Crabeth 
81566The punishment of HeliodorusEric II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgWouter Crabeth I 

Choir

id date title donor designer glazier image
91561Announcing the birth of John the BaptistDirck van HensbeeckLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert
101655AnnunciationTheodorus Spiering van WenDaniël TombergAlbert Merinck
111562Birth of John the BaptistHerman LethmaetLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert & Hans Scrivers
121564Birth of JesusCanon priests of Oude Munster Wouter Crabeth I
131560Jesus in the TemplePetrus van SuyrenLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert & Hans Scrivers
141557Jesus on the MountRobert van BergenDirk Crabeth 
151555Baptism of JesusGeorge van EgmondDirk Crabeth 
161556Jesus on the MountCornelis van MieropDirk Crabeth 
171556John's punishment of HerodusWolter van BylerJan van Zijl Henricksz 
181556Jesus imprisonedGerrit Heije Gerritsz & Frederik ArienszDirk Crabeth 
191570Beheading of St. JohnHendrik van ZwolleWillem Thybaut 
201933Mosaic glass    
211933Mosaic glass    

South Transept

id date title donor designer glazier image
221567Jesus drives the moneychangers from the TempleWillem the SilentDirk Crabeth 
231562Elijah, with foot washing and with portrait of the donor, the Duchess of ParmaMargaret of ParmaWouter Crabeth I 
241559Philippus and the King of EthiopiaPhilippe de LigneDirk Crabeth 
251603Siege of Leiden endsDelftIsaac van SwanenburgDirck Verheyden & Dirk van Douwe
261601Siege of Samaria endsLeidenIsaac van SwanenburgCornelis Clock
271597Pharisee and the PublicanAmsterdamHendrick de KeyserCornelis IJsbrantsz Cussens
281601Jesus and the adultressRotterdamClaes Wytmans 
28a1947Commemorative window for 1940-1945Gouda residentsCharles Eyck  
28b1935Window with heraldic shields of donorsRotterdamD. BoodeL.J. Knoll 
28c1920Rebuilding the TempleRotterdamH. VeldhuisL.J. Knoll 
291596The Christian knight and DavidCities of North Holland Adriaen Gerritsz de Vrije 
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