14.02.1807 – 08.12.1870

The largest and most famous stained glass in Russia – the image of the risen Savior in St. Isaac’s Cathedral of St. Petersburg – was created in 1843 by a sketch of the German artist Henry Maria von Hess. The production of the stained-glass window of 28.5 square meters was supervised by one of the most significant technologists and masters of glass painting in the history of the German stained-glass art of modern times Max Emmanuel Einmiller.

Max Einmiller was born on February 14, 1807 in Munich and was an inspector of the institute for the renewal of medieval painting on glass. He achieved extraordinary success in the technique of manufacturing colored glass, creating more than a hundred colors and shades. His works are decorated with cathedrals not only in Germany, they can be seen in Russia, the Vatican and even the United States. Ludwig I ordered Einmiller stained glass windows for Cologne Cathedral, Regensburg and Augsburg cathedrals also boast windows decorated with Einmiller. For the Vatican, the artist created two majestic stained-glass windows with figures of Peter and Paul. However, the best and most famous work of Einmiller is 40 windows for the Cathedral in Glasgow, which depicts more than a hundred subjects from the Bible, performed together with the son of the artist Henry.

The artist died on December 8, 1870 in his native Munich and was buried in the Old Southern Cemetery of the city.