Christ of Sorrows, Altarpiece of the Transfiguration

Painted panel of Christ of Sorrows, surrounded by the instruments of the Passion, detail, from the lower section of the Altarpiece of the Transfiguration of Christ, late 15th century, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece was originally in the Transfiguration Chapel but is now in the Cathedral Museum. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Altarpiece Arma Baix Christi Ebre Gilding Huguet Jaume Lebre Tarragona Terres Tortosa Transfiguration Wound

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