Retable of Saints Andrew and Antonin of Pamiers
Artist: Juan de Sevilla (Spanish, active ca. 1400-1465)
Date: about 1417-1419
Dimensions:
90 × 81 1/2 in. (228.6 × 207 cm)
Medium: tempera on wood panel
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1955.213A-J
Label Text:This multipaneled altarpiece—a devotional image meant to be displayed on or near a Christian altar—depicts the crucifixion of Jesus (top center) and scenes from the life of Saints Andrew and Antonin of Pamiers, a local saint, who are shown in the lower center panel on the left and right, respectively. In the banquet scene at the lower left, the devil disguises himself as a finely dressed woman, but his true nature is visible at the back of his head. Saint Andrew knocks on the door to expose the treachery. Above, Andrew is crucified upside down. On the far right, a mob of townspeople attack and decapitate Antonin of Pamiers before disposing of his body in the river, recovered in the panel below. Additional images of Christian saints frame these narrative scenes.
Attributed to Juan de Sevilla, this altarpiece was originally installed in a small hermitage chapel beside the fortress-tower outside the city walls of Séñigo, Spain. Following the destruction of the chapel sometime before the 19th century, the painting was relocated to the nearby Cathedral of Sigüenza in the Kingdom of Castile and León in northwest Spain. The heraldic escutcheons (coats-of-arms) visible at the top of the altarpiece belong to Alonso de Argüello, who became the bishop of Sigüenza in 1417.
Attributed to Juan de Sevilla, this altarpiece was originally installed in a small hermitage chapel beside the fortress-tower outside the city walls of Séñigo, Spain. Following the destruction of the chapel sometime before the 19th century, the painting was relocated to the nearby Cathedral of Sigüenza in the Kingdom of Castile and León in northwest Spain. The heraldic escutcheons (coats-of-arms) visible at the top of the altarpiece belong to Alonso de Argüello, who became the bishop of Sigüenza in 1417.
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