Abraham van Linge and his oldest brother Bernard van Linge (1598-c.1644), were window painters from Emden

Emden

Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...

, East Frisia

East Frisia

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, where their father and grandfather already had been glaziers. The bulk of their work was done between the 1620s and the 1640s in England. They painted at a time when stained glass

Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...

 was losing its popularity in favour of their method, the usage of vitreous enamel

Vitreous enamel

Vitreous enamel, also porcelain enamel in U.S. English, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C...

s on glass as a blank canvas that were then fired. Lead lining is used to hold together pieces of glass. The duration and intensity of the firing determined the final colour, along with the colour and type of enamel.

Bernard worked in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 from 1617 to 1621 and, when religious conflicts broke out in France, fled to London

London

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 around 1621, where through connections in the Dutch expatriate community he immediately became employed in a glazier's studio. Abraham joined him around 1623. Abraham van Linge's work can be seen most prominently in the chapels of University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

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 and Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College, Oxford

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, and at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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 in England

England

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, where the lead lining is particularly noticeable. His work is supposed to be seen in the Duke Humfrey reading room of the Bodleian Library

Bodleian Library

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, also in Oxford

Oxford

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, although it is not certain whether the painted glass frames are by him or simply done in his style.