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Baldachin from Ribes (1125/1150) by La Seu d'Urgell workshopsMev, Museu d'Art Medieval

THE MEDIEVAL ART

The Episcopal Museum of Vic conserves a magnificent collection of medieval art with painting, sculpture and textile from the Catalan Romanesque and Gothic periods.

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Reliefs from the Cathedral of Vic, Vic-Ripoll workshop, 1150/1200, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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ROMANESQUE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE (12th and 13th centuries)

The MEV’s collection of Romanesque Art is among the most important ones in the world. There are a dozen painted panels

The Descent from the Cross from Erill la Vall, Master of Erill, 1100/1150, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altar frontal from Sant Martí in Puigbò, Vic workshops, 1100/1125, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Baldachin from Ribes, La Seu d'Urgell workshops, 1125/1150, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Mural paintings from the apse of Sant Sadurní in Osormort, Vic workshops, Mestre d'Osormort, 1125/1150, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altar frontal from Santa Margarida in Vilaseca, Vic workshops, 1175/1200, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Christ in Majesty from Santa Maria in Lluçà, Vic workshops, 1150/1200, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Virgin from Santa Maria in Matamala, Vic workshops, 1175/1200, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altar from Santa Maria in Lluçà, Master of Lluçà; Vic workshops, 1225/1250, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altar side panels, Master of Soriguerola, 1200/1300, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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GOTHIC PAINTING AND SCULPTURE (1300-1420)

The various stages of Catalan Gothic art can be found at the MEV in leading works.

Altarpiece of the Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, Bernat Saulet, 1325/1350, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Virgin of Boixadors, Unknown, 1350/1370, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Compartment from an altarpiece with the Virgin and the Child and angel musicians, Jaume Cabrera, 1400/1425, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Courtyard Gothic

Altarpiece dedicated to Saint Francis, Lluís Borrassà, 1414/1415, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altarpiece from Guimerà, Ramon de Mur, 1402 - 1412, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Gothic and Renaissance painting and sculpture (1420 to 1550)

Compartments from an altarpiece, Bernat Martorell, 1425/1450, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Altarpiece from Verdú, Jaume Ferrer II, 1425/1450, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Holy Face, Joan Gascó, 1513, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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FABRIC AND GARMENTS

The collection of textile and liturgical vestments is one of the most important in Catalonia, and is in itself a museum within the Museum

Altar frontal called the “Witches' Cloth”, Unknown, 1100/1150, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Cope of Ramon de Bellera, Bishop of Vic, Unknown, 1350/1375, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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Frontal of the Epiphany, Unknown, 1450/1500, From the collection of: Mev, Museu d'Art Medieval

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