Virgin of the Angels
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| Artist | Pere Serra |
| Year | Circa 1385 |
| Type | Tempera and gold leaf on wood |
| Dimensions | 195.8 cm × 131 cm × 11 cm (77.1 in × 52 in × 4.3 in) |
| Location | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona |
The Virgin of the Angels is a painting by Pere Serra conserved at the National Art Museum of Catalonia.[1]
Description[]
This central panel and the two sections of the predella with saints (which must once have flanked a tabernacle) are all that remains of an altarpiece. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was painted for one of the chapels in the ambulatory of , probably towards the 1380s. The compartment with the Virgin and Child surrounded by angels playing music is a very graceful and refined version of an iconographic type that was extremely popular at the time. Pere Serra, author of the altarpiece, came from a family of painters who grew to head the Catalan painting of the second half of the fourteenth century.[2]
References[]
- ^ Guide of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. MNAC, 2004. ISBN 84-8043-136-9
- ^ The artwork at MNAC's Website
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Categories:
- Catalan paintings
- Paintings in the collection of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- 1380s
- Paintings of the Madonna and Child
- Angels in art
- Musical instruments in art
- Altarpieces