Corbel from the Double Sepulchral Monument of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and Viscount of Ager and his wife Cecilia of Foix

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ca. 1300–1350 · Limestone · The Cloisters

Corbel from the Double Sepulchral Monument of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and Viscount of Ager and his wife Cecilia of Foix — Unknown

Documentary evidence suggests that this tomb ensemble was made for Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera and his wife, Cecília of Foix, the parents of Ermengol X. The monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes was abandoned and badly damaged during the Wars of Succession that began around 1700. When the monastery was reinhabited in the eighteenth century, the church with its burial chapel was reconstructed. The sarcophagi with the arms of the counts of Urgell and Foix were probably made at the time to fit the original effigies.

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1300–1350
Medium: Limestone
Culture: Catalan
Department: The Cloisters
Credit line: The Cloisters Collection, 1948

Corbel from the Double Sepulchral Monument of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and Viscount of Ager and his wife Cecilia of Foix

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