MAKE A MEME View Large Image Bernat Pintor - Tomb Relief with a Bishop Giving a Funeral Blessing - Walters 2711.jpg This tomb relief served as the front of an altar in the village church of Torà de Riubregós near Cervera in Catalonia eastern Spain At the center of the ...
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Keywords: Bernat Pintor - Tomb Relief with a Bishop Giving a Funeral Blessing - Walters 2711.jpg This tomb relief served as the front of an altar in the village church of Torà de Riubregós near Cervera in Catalonia eastern Spain At the center of the relief a bishop blesses the deceased with words from the Mass for the Dead requiescat in pace amen rest in peace amen inscribed on the book held by the assistant at his feet The bishop is surrounded by praying women chanting monks and grieving knights The knights probably owed their allegiance to the deceased nobleman The use of paint high relief and crowded animated figures with large heads is typical of late medieval Spanish sculpture The sculptor may be Bernat Pintor who worked in Cervera in 1378 Although none of Pintor's sculpture is known today he apparently trained with Berenguer Ferrer active 1340s-1350s whose known work is similar ca 1370 1390 Medieval limestone with paint cm 67 6 168 4 18 5 accession number 27 11 1275 Raoul Heilbronner Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 Transcription Inscribed text on the open book held below the bishop REQUIESCAT IN PACE AMEN; Translation Rest in peace Amen The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Cervera Spain Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Bernat Pintor Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Churches in Torà
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