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Virgin from Santa Maria in Lluçà

Romanesque

Anonymous

Second half of the 12th century

Location icon

In Catalonia the veneration of the Virgin spread in a very generalised manner from the second half of the 12th century onwards thanks in large measure to popular devotion and the Cistercian monks' great work of dissemination. The oldest Romanesque Virgins, like this one from the monastery of Lluçà, are portrayed according to the iconographical model of Byzantine origin known as 'Maiestas Mariae' or 'Sedes Sapientiae' (Throne of Wisdom). According to this iconographical model the figure of the Virgin acts basically as a throne for the child Jesus, now lost, who was originally sitting right in the middle of his Mother's lap. The large size of this carving is due to it coming from a Marian monastery, in this case Santa Maria in Lluçà, where in about 1160 an Augustine canonry was established, a date that may coincide with the moment this sculpture was carved.

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Location

Room4 ,Floor0

4 Romanesque Art

5-6-7-8 Gothic Art

Detalls de l’obra

PLACE OF EXECUTION

Vic workshops

PERIOD

Second half of the 12th century

Material

Walnut wood with traces of polychromy

Dimensions

96 x 35 x 35 cm

Origin

From the monastery of Santa Maria in Lluçà (Osona)

WORK NUMBER

MEV 1958