Altar Frontal
Unknown
ca. 1225 · Wood with gesso, canvas, paint · The Cloisters
The enthroned Virgin and Child are surrounded by eight apostles, six of whom are identified in the Latin inscription above: Simon, Jude, Matthew, John, Thomas, and, apparently, Barnabas. The border of animal medallions may derive from Islamic decorative sources. The technique of raised and painted gesso on wood, particularly favored in Catalan art at this time, imitates metalwork.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1225
- Medium
- Wood with gesso, canvas, paint
- Culture
- Catalan
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Credit line
- The Cloisters Collection, 1925
