Naval battle between a Christian galley and a Saracen galley, profane paintings from Sigena

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Location: 
Sala 017
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Anonymous. Aragon
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Painting

c. 1200

109.8 x 362 x 4 cm

Long-term loan from the community of nuns of the Order of Saint John of the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, 1960

Inventory number: 

068712-002

Century: 12th
Subject: Genre and society
Fresco transferred to canvas
One of the eight panels making up the series of mural paintings in the form of a continuous decorative frieze around the top of the walls of a rectangular room located between the church and the cloister. From the monastery of the Order of Saint John of Santa María de Sigena (Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca).
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Anònim. Aragó - Combat naval entre una galera cristiana i una de sarraïna, pintures profanes de Sixena - Cap a 1200