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Museu Nacional Art Catalunya 1919 i 1923

1919 and 1923

Print [1]

Taking down and moving the Romanesque mural paintings to Barcelona

 

To avoid sets of Romanesque mural paintings ending up abroad, as had happened with the Pyrenean Romanesque church of Mur [2] –sent to a museum in the United States, the Board of Museums carried out an exemplary campaign of acquisition and safeguarding of this heritage.


Links
[1] https://www.museunacional.cat/en/print/1919-and-1923 [2] https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/christ-in-majesty-with-symbols-of-the-four-evangelists-31898