List of stained glass windows in the Janskerk, 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 NumberDateTitleDonorDesignerGlazierImage11596Freedom of conscienceStaten van HollandJoachim WtewaelAdriaan Gerritsz de Vrije1a1933Mosaic glass 1b1933Mosaic glass 1c2016Erasmus and the Freedom of Conscience in 2016Museum GoudaMarc MuldersMarc Mulders21597Capture 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 Vrije51561The 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 SupperPhilip II of SpainDirk Crabeth 81566The punishment of HeliodorusEric II, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgWouter Crabeth I

Choir iddatetitledonordesignerglazierimage91561Announcing the birth of John the BaptistDirck van HensbeeckLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert101655AnnunciationTheodorus Spiering van WenDaniël TombergAlbert Merinck111562Birth of John the BaptistHerman LethmaetLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert & Hans Scrivers121564Birth of JesusCanon priests of Oude Munster Wouter Crabeth I131560Jesus in the TemplePetrus van SuyrenLambert van NoortDigman Meynaert & Hans Scrivers141557Jesus 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 iddatetitledonordesignerglazierimage221567Jesus 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 Douwe261601Siege of Samaria endsLeidenIsaac van SwanenburgCornelis Clock271597Pharisee and the PublicanAmsterdamHendrick de KeyserCornelis IJsbrantsz Cussens281601Jesus 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

Literature

Henny VAN HARTEN-BOERS & Zsuzsanna VAN RUYVEN-ZEMAN, The Stained-Glass Windows in the Sint-Janskerk at Gouda. The glazing of the Clerestory of the Choir and of the former Monastic Church of the Regulars, Amsterdam, 1997. Zsuzsanna VAN RUYVEN-ZEMAN, The Stained-Glass Windows in the Sint-Janskerk at Gouda, 1556–1604, Amsterdam, 2000 Xander VAN ECK & Christiane E. COEBERGH, The Stained-Glass Windows in the Sint-Janskerk at Gouda. Dirk and Wouter Crabeth, Amsterdam, 2002 Zsuzsanna VAN RUYVEN-ZEMAN, Xander VAN ECK & Henny VAN DOLDER – DE WIT, Het geheim van Gouda: de cartons van de Goudse glazen, Zutphen (Walburg Pers) 2002,