Profane paintings from Sigena: Deer eating fruit from a tree, lion holding a naked man and dismounted knight kneeling before a lady on a throne

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Location: 
Room 17
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Anonymous. Aragon
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Painting

Circa 1200

109.8 x 207 x 4 cm

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

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068712-003

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).
Fresco transferred to canvas
Century: 12th
Subject: Genre and society
Anònim. Aragó - Pintures profanes de Sixena: Cèrvol menjant fruits d'un arbre, lleó subjectant un home nu i cavaller descavalcat i agenollat davant una dama entronitzada - Cap a 1200
Pintures profanes de Sixena: Cèrvol menjant fruits d'un arbre, lleó subjectant un home nu i cavaller descavalcat i agenollat davant una dama entronitzada