The first window of the three which are to be found in the former chapel of Our Dear Lady, at the North side of the choir, was donated in 1555 by Jan Claessen van Noppen, at that time a member of the Council of Amsterdam and City Factory superintendent, a position equal to Alderman and Superintendent of Public Works.

Casparus Commelin writes in his 17th century History of Amsterdam, that Jan Claessen van Noppen had been suspected of heresy; and that to exonerate himself he undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, where he was ordered to donate the said window by way of atonement. However, nothing is found in the archives to corroborate this story, which induced the historian Jan ter Gouw to write : "as to the gossip about the man's heresy and trip to Rome, believe who will."

The window is divided into three parts, of which the upper two panels each take the half width, whilst the third lower part stretches across the whole width. The common background of the first two panels represents a rich hall with peristyles. To this part, many changes were made when, in the 18th century, the brickwork was renewed in a style different from the original. The lower parts have been better maintained and preserved .

The upper left hand window depicts the Annunciation scene : the Virgin Mary, with a vase of lilies, kneels in front of a bedstead, and the archangel Gabriel points at the sun in the sky. This sun was substituted for the Holy Trinity after the Reformation. The inscription in Latin comes from the Vulgate Bible, Luke I, v. 26 : "And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth."

The adjacent panel shows the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, who has risen from her richly decorated seat, her work basket at her side. In the background rises a two-story high building, in the lower part of which Mary is seen in travelling apparel, and on the upper level of which we see Zacharias busy writing. Here, the Latin inscription is Luke I, v. 39-4 : "And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda: and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth."

The broad lower panel of the window represents the apostles Paul and Peter. Paul's hand originally held a host, which after the Reformation was changed into a sun. Van Noppen is represented kneeling at a praying stool, his coat of arms and his dog at his side.  He kneels before Paul.  Behind him stands the bishop, around whose staff is guirlanded a phylacter (text ribbon) upon which is written the slogan of the Van Noppens' coat of arms, "Nobody is offended but by himself". Three ladies, probably Van Noppen's wife and his daughters, are seen kneeling before Peter. Behind them stands a Saint, perhaps Saint Catherine.