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This is the central painting from the altarpiece that was in the chapel of Santa Martha in Barcelona cathedral, commissioned by Guillem Despujol, a wealthy apothecary and devout follower of the Dominicans. The altarpiece was executed by Lluís Borrassà, the city’s most celebrated artist, with the assistance of some members of his studio, which notably included Pere Sarreal and the sla
The eldest son of King Juan II of Aragon and Queen Blanca of Navarre, Carlos de Viana was heir to both thrones, yet his father disowned him in favor of his other son, Fernando “The Catholic.” Because of his growing popularity in Catalonia, Fernando forced him to abandon public life, and that is the moment Moreno Carbonero immortalizes in this work. A resigned Carlos dedicates himself to reading an
This panel is from the altarpiece of Saint Andrew, which Joan Bastida commissioned for that saint’s chapel in Barcelona Cathedral. By locating the gilded idol on a complex structure in the centre, the artist could arrange the two groups in the composition on either side of it: on the left is the enthroned proconsul with two other male figures and on the right is the captured Saint Andrew with the
The Virgin with the Pomegranate is an exceptional work painted during one of the key periods in the history of art, in Florence, cradle of the Renaissance, in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, by one of its principal protagonists. Guido di Pietro, known as Fra Angelico and probably trained with Lorenzo Monaco, is first documented as an independent master in 1418. Between that date and 14
The scene forms part of the altarpiece dedicated to Saint Lawrence, Saint Hippolytus and Saint Thomas Aquinas that was commissioned by the canon Ferrer Despujol for the Chapel of Saint Lawrence in Barcelona Cathedral. Its artist was Lluís Borrassà, a very successful painter in early 15th-century Barcelona who distinguished himself not only through his narrative technique and chromati
In a display of skilled shooting accompanied by consider able good luck, on 15 May 1615 sabel Clara Eugenia fired her crossbow and hit the wooden bird that topped the spire of the church of Notre-Dame du Sablon in Brussels. The infanta thus became the ‘queen’ of the annual competition organised by the Grand Serment des Arbalétriers or guild of crossbowmen, the oldest and most prestigious of
This altarpiece was painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. The central panel shows the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to Mary under a portico. On the left, Adam and Eve are being expelled from Paradise. The damnation and salvation of Humanity. The predella has scenes from the life of the Virgin; Mary’s Birth, Her Wedding with Saint Joseph, Mary’s Visit to her cous
Painted for San Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence, where Fra Angelico lived as a Dominican friar, the principal panel of this altarpiece (P15/1) depicts the cycle of Man’s fall and salvation through the episodes of Adam and Eve expelled from Eden and the Annunciation to Mary, respectively. The predella panels (P15/2) depict scenes from the life of the Virgin.
