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Altar frontal with Saint Felix

Leather

Anonymous

17th century

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Altar frontal with the figure of Saint Felix in the middle, dressed as a bishop, with a palm leaf in his right hand and a millstone. This latter iconographical feature identifies him as the saint from Girona, very popular in Catalonia, who was thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck, in about 330. It has the inscription of the name in Catalan, “Feliu”, on one side, which allows us to claim that these and other similar 'guadamassil' altar frontals, which are from different churches in the bishopric of Vic, were made in Catalonia. This frontal is made of different pieces of 'guadamassil', of leather silvered, gilded with yellow varnish, tooled and polychromed. The figure of the saint is surrounded by decorative motifs, following a continuous symmetrical composition, with motifs of two-headed eagles, jugs, foliage, birds and fruit, according to the decorative models of the time.

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Location

Room18 ,Floor2

18 Leather

19 Gold, Silver and Metalworking Arts

20 Forge Work

21 Ceramics

22 Study Galleries

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PLACE OF EXECUTION

Catalonia

PERIOD

17th century

Material

'Guadamassil', leather gilded, tooled and polychromed

Dimensions

96 x 180 cm

Origin

From the parish church of Rodors (Bages)

WORK NUMBER

MEV 546