Profane paintings from Sigena: Retinue of pilgrims and assault on a castle (Saint John of Acre?)
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Sala 017Artists / Makers / Authorities:
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Description:
Painting
c. 1200
109.8 x 338.5 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:
068712-007
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).