Saint Augustine Meditates on the Trinity when the Child Jesus Appears before him

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Location: 
Sala 026
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Vergós Group
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In 1463 the Guild of Tanners commissioned an altarpiece fromJaume Huguetfor the high altar in the church of Sant Agustí Vell in Barcelona. The unusual size of the item, one of the largest in Catalan Gothic painting, and the crisis the country was going through at the time, delayed completion of the altarpiece until 1486 and warranted involvement by several members of the Huguet workshop, and in particular by a member of the Vergós family. Eight panels from this altarpiece are preserved, seven at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya andanother at the Museu Marès.

Painting

c. 1470/1475-1486

266.2 x 164.3 x 7.5 cm

Purchase, 1927

Inventory number: 

024142-000

Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood
Compartment from the altarpiece of Saint Augustine. The MNAC keeps 7 of the 8 panels from this altarpiece. The 8th, the Road to Calvary, is kept at the Museu Marès in Barcelona. It comes from the high altar of the church of the convent of Sant Agustí Vell, Barcelona.
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Grup Vergós - Sant Agustí medita sobre la Trinitat i se li apareix el Nen Jesús - Cap a 1470/1475-1486