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Virgin from Santa Fe de Segarra

Romanesque

Anonymous

Between the second and the third quarter of the 13th century

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This image of Mary with the Child comes from the church of Sant Pere, the parish church of the old walled town of Santa Fe de Segarra, documented in 1025 and transferred, at the end of the 16th century, from the bishopric of Urgell to that of Solsona. Mary sits on a molded throne, dressed in tunic, cloak and veil (only the lower hoop of the crown remains) and with the Crowned Child, with a book in his left hand and blessing with his right, sitting on her right knee. This relatively rare feature, shared with the Marededeu de Veciana (MEV 800), has been interpreted as a sign of stylistic evolution, but may also be due to the transmission and perhaps specular reflection of different Byzantine models spread simultaneously. Many other points reveal contacts with the image of Veciana, for example the folds of the clothes of Mother and Child, which has led to see links with a workshop active in Barcelona in the thirteenth century, a production center certainly closer to Santa Fe than the diocesan capital. The smooth background of the image has also suggested that, as in other cases such as that of the Marededeu de la Rodona in Vic, the image could have been associated with some altar furniture, such as a frontal or, more likely, a tabernacle shrine. It is necessary to point out the numerous alterations that the image has undergone throughout its history. According to the Museum's first catalog (1893-1896), the statue came without the ball in his left hand, which was therefore added later. There are also various alterations to a very fragmented polychromy (red tunic, blue cloak), which, however, was identified by the editors of the first catalog as belonging to the sixteenth century.

Marc Sureda Jubany

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Location

Room4 ,Floor0

4 Romanesque Art

5-6-7-8 Gothic Art

Detalls de l’obra

PLACE OF EXECUTION

Catalonia (Barcelona’s workshops?)

PERIOD

Between the second and the third quarter of the 13th century

Material

Poplar wood with traces of polychromy

Dimensions

84.2 x 35.5 x 23 cm

Origin

From the parish of Santa Fe de Segarra, Les Oluges (La Segarra)

WORK NUMBER

MEV 1959