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Profane paintings from Sigena: Courtly and battle scenes

UnknownAround 1200

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

One of the eight panels making up the series of mural paintings in the form of a continuous decorative frieze around the top of the walls of a rectangular room located between the church and the cloister. From the monastery of the Order of Saint John of Santa María de Sigena (Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca).

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  • Title: Profane paintings from Sigena: Courtly and battle scenes
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: Around 1200
  • Location: Villanueva de Sigena
  • Tag: Genre and society
  • Physical Dimensions: w2704 x h1098 x d40 cm
  • Inventory number: 068712-006
  • Artwork history: Permanent loan from the community of nuns of the Order of Saint John of the monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena, 1960
  • Type: Mural painting
  • External Link: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
  • Medium: Fresco transferred to canvas
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona

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