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CAPRONNIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1814-1891)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 292 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAPRONNIER, See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE (1814-1891) , Belgian stained-See also:glass painter, was See also:born in See also:Brussels in 1814, and died there in 1891. He had much to do with the See also:modern revival of glass-See also:painting, and first made his reputation by his study of the old methods of workmanship, and his See also:clever restorations of old examples, and copies made for the Brussels archaeological museum. He carried out windows for various churches in Brussels, See also:Bruges, See also:Amsterdam and elsewhere, and his See also:work was commissioned also for See also:France, See also:Italy and See also:England. At the See also:Paris See also:Exhibition of 1855 he won the only See also:medal given for glass-painting.

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