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Altarpiece of Saint Stephen

Altarpiece of Saint Stephen. First half of the 19th century. Oil on wood, 150 x 91 cm. Sant Esteve d’en Bas Church. Girona Art Museum - Girona Provincial Council Art Collection.

Altarpiece of Saint Stephen. First half of the 19th century. Oil on wood, 150 x 91 cm. Sant Esteve d’en Bas Church. Girona Art Museum - Girona Provincial Council Art Collection.

Only two panels of the main altarpiece of the church of Sant Esteve d'en Bas have been preserved: the Six Resurrections in the National Art Museum of Catalonia and this one, The Burial of Saint Stephen in the Sepulchre of Saint Lawrence, in the Girona Art Museum. It depicts the burial officiated by Pope Pelagius II of the relics of Saint Stephen in the tomb of Saint Lawrence in Rome.

The work has been attributed to Pere or Perot Gascó from Vigo, who for decades ran a prestigious workshop inherited from his father. Gascó was heavily influenced by Flemish artists, although he introduced Renaissance-style Italianisms, mainly thanks to the copying of prints and engravings by Scandinavian and Italian masters which circulated in Catalonia at the time.

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