Saint John the Evangelist of the Crucifixion, from Estaon

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Location: 
Sala 011
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Anonymous. Catalonia
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This figure, with the Virgin, formed part of the Crucifixion that used to decorate the north wall of the church at Estaon, the central part of which is now preserved at the Museu Diocesà de la Seu d'Urgell. The artist responsible for this work would not have been the one who painted the church's main apse though they would both have been executed around the same time. It is impossible, on the other hand, not to compare this work with the same scene in the paintings from Sorpe, with which in general terms it shares the same style, subject matter and characteristic traits of some of the figures, thereby revealing the versatility of the same models applied to two very different versions of the Crucifixion.

Painting

Mitjan segle XII

204.7 x 69.7 x 2.5 cm

Long-term loan from the Generalitat de Catalunya. National Art Collection. Given by Don Antonio Gallardo Ballart, 2015

Inventory number: 

251564-000

Century: 12th
Subject: Religion
Fresco transferred to canvas
Part of a group of paintings which includes the decoration of the apse, the triumphal arch and several fragments (some of them are kept in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) - outstanding among them, the Crucifixion in the Museu Diocesà d'Urgell. From the former church of Santa Eulàlia d'Estaon (Vall de Cardós, Pallars Sobirà)
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Anònim. Catalunya - Sant Joan Evangelista de la Crucifixió, d'Estaon - Mitjan segle XII