St Andrew, Mare de Deu dels Consellers, Museu

St Andrew with his cross, 2 city councillors and a choir of angels, detail from Mare de Deu dels Consellers, or Virgin of the Councillors, 1445, oil painting on wood by Lluis Dalmau, 1428-61, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts a life-size Virgin and Child seated on a Gothic throne, flanked by St Andrew and St Eulalia (patron saint of Barcelona) with their martyrdom attributes and the 5 councillors of the city of Barcelona who commissioned the altarpiece (Joan Llull, Francesc Llobet, Joan Junyent, Ramon Savall and Antoni de Vilatorta). This altarpiece originally came from the Capella de la Casa de la Ciutat, Barcelona, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13439414

Media ID

45162861

Size

8437px x 8352px (23.4MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen