Altarpiece of Santa Maria la Blanca
Statue of Virgin and child, 1343, from the altarpiece of Santa Maria la Blanca, by a workshop of alabaster sculptors based at the monastery in the 14th century, at the Monestir Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14117287
Media ID
45946134
Size
4438px x 7087px
(9.2MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
