Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus
The Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus is an altarpiece painted by Guerau Gener and Lluís Borrassà between 1407 and 1411. It is one of the key works of the International Gothic altarpieces in Catalonia, created for the Santes Creus Monastery. The MNAC museum retains the Nativity, crowned by the figure of St.
Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus
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- 1400
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- tempera · panel
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The Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus is an altarpiece painted by Guerau Gener and Lluís Borrassà between 1407 and 1411. It is one of the key works of the International Gothic altarpieces in Catalonia, created for the Santes Creus Monastery. The MNAC museum retains the Nativity, crowned by the figure of St.
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John the Evangelist, and the Resurrection of Christ, while the rest of the tables are kept in one of the chapels of the cathedral of Tarragona. Guerau Gener, a connoisseur of València international Gothic, replaced him; after Gener's death, Lluís Borrassà, one of the major figures in the painting of the first international Catalan Gothic, completed the project.
It is recorded as the work of Guerau Gener and Lluís Borrassà. Materials recorded for it are tempera and panel. The record gives 1400 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is recorded in the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
Predel·la de l'antic retaule gòtic del Monestir de Santes Creus. Actualment està muntat sobre una nova estructura formant un retaule més petit a la catedral de Tarragona. Les figures són: sants fundadors d'ordes religioses com sant Benet amb hàbit negre i sant Bernat amb hàbit blanc, sant Francesc, sant Jeroni i sant Agustí, a l'esquerra i, els apòstols, sant Pere, sant Pau, sant Felip, sant Barto
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Taula de l'Adoració dels Reis Mags de l'antic retaule gòtic del Monestir de Santes Creus. Actualment està muntat sobre una nova estructura formant un retaule més petit a la catedral de Tarragona
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• Title — Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus • Artist — Guerau Gener & Lluís Borrassà • Year — 1407–1411 • Type — gothic altarpiece • Height Metric — 460 • Width Metric — 500 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • City — Barcelona & Tarragona • Museum — Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya and Catedral de Tarragona
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1400
Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus first recorded.
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- OpenAlex bibliographic index, 11 indexed publications naming Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus.
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OpenAlex bibliographic index, 11 indexed publications naming Gothic altarpiece of Santes Creus.OpenAlex
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