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03-06-2026
Master of Arguis

1450

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Altarpiece of Saint Michael (left side panels)

Ca. 1440. Tempera on panel.
Not on display

The three scenes, which come from an altarpiece at the church of San Miguel in Arguis (Huesca), narrate episodes which evoke the supernatural power of the archangel, especially against the actions of the devil: the victory over the rebel angels, the psychostasia or weighing of souls, and the appearance of the saint on Mount Gargano in the form of a bull. Their artist, a master who remains anonymous, is close to the characteristics of International Gothic painting in Valencia. His outstanding features are the elegance of his figures and an almost expressionist use of colour, especially in his depiction of demonic creatures.

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Inventory number
P001332/001
Author
Master of Arguis
Title
Altarpiece of Saint Michael (left side panels)
Date
Ca. 1440
Technique
Tempera
Support
Panel
Dimension
Height: 276.30002 cm; Width: 87 cm
Series
Retablo de la iglesia de San Miguel, en Argüis (Huesca)
Entry date
1920

Bibliography +

Tormo y Monzó, Elías, La pintura aragonesa cuatrocentista, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, 17, 1909, pp. 67-68.

Post, Chandler Rathfon, A history of Spanish painting, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1930, pp. 200-202.

Lozoya, Juan de Contreras y López de Ayala, Marqués de, Historia del arte hispánico, II, Salvat, Barcelona, 1934, pp. 342.

Saralegui, Leandro de, Algunas tablas aragonesas, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, 44, 1936, pp. 49.

Ars hispaniae: historia universal del arte hispánico, Plus Ultra, Madrid, 1947, pp. 175.

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972.

Esteban, Paloma, El retablo del Maestro de Argüis del Museo del Prado y la iconografía de San Miguel, BELLAS ARTES, 1976, pp. 28-31.

Mateu Ibars, Maria de los Dolores, Iconografia de San Vicente Martir.Vol.I.Pintura, Institutcion Alfonso el Magnanimo, Valencia, 1980, pp. 84.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 22.

Berg Sobre, Judith, Behind the Altar Table. The Development of the Painted Retab, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1989, pp. 214 / lám. 135.

Arte gótico en España, Catedra, Madrid, 2000.

Alquézar, E, La dispersión de la pintura gótica. Tres ejemplos que pertenecen al MAN y hoy están actualmente en el Museo del Prado, Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional., Madrid, 2001, pp. 171-209 f.1.

Update date: 03-06-2026 | Registry created on 17-03-2022

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