Virgin and Saints

Print
Location: 
Sala 026
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Jaume Huguet
Valls, circa 1412 – Barcelona, 1492
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Description:
Painting

c. 1455-1460

136.2 x 135.8 x 6.5 cm

Long-term loan from the Retailers' Guild, 1940; acquisition 1970

Inventory number: 

037757-000

Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood
Compartment from the central axis of the altarpiece of Saint Michael of the Retailers. Originally it was between the compartment with Saint Michael and the one of the Calvary. The MNAC keeps 5 more compartments from the same work. The altarpiece comes from the chapel of the Shopkeepers' and Retailer's guild, in the church of Santa Maria del Pi, Barcelona.