Virgin and Angels

Print
Location: 
Not on view
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Pedro García de Benabarre
Documented in Zaragoza, Benabarre, Barcelona, Lleida and Barbastro, 1445-1485
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Description:

Probably it was the central table of an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin. The Virgin turns out to be enthroned and crowned, and in her feet there can be seen the crescent of the Moon that it sends us to the figure of the Woman described by John the Apostle in the Book of Revelation.The Virgin takes the Child in the skirt, nude and with a fragment of coral of the neck. Both are accompanied by four angels, two of them play the lute and other two offer a plate of bunch to the Virgin and other one with pears, to the Child.An inscription to the feet of the throne of the Virgin allows to read still the name of the painter but it has got lost the date that, probably, was erased when the piece entered to the trade and was pretend to be awork of Italian origin. J. Fiter and Inglés, in 1876, could see the table still in the parochial church in Bellcaire, and he transcribes the signature and the date, which he reads as "MCCCCL".

Painting

c. 1470 [?]

211.8 x 147.5 x 13 cm

Purchase, 1926

Inventory number: 

015817-000

Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood
Central compartment of an altarpiece devoted to the Virgin. From the parish church of the Assumption in Bellcaire d'Urgell (Noguera).
image for: Pere Garcia de Benavarri - Mare de Déu i àngels - Cap a 1470 [?]
Pere Garcia de Benavarri - Mare de Déu i àngels - Cap a 1470 [?]