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03-06-2026
Master of Arguis

1450

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Altarpiece of Saint Michael (right 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 three episodes of the legend of the archangel: the bishop of Sipontum at Mount Gargano, the apparition of Michael at Monte Sant´Angelo in Rome and the triumph of Michael over the Antichrist. 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
P001332/002
Author
Master of Arguis
Title
Altarpiece of Saint Michael (right side panels)
Date
Ca. 1440
Technique
Tempera
Support
Panel
Dimension
Height: 276 cm; Width: 87.5 cm
Series
Retablo de la iglesia de San Miguel, en Argüis (Huesca)
Entry date
1920

Bibliography +

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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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