Saint Joseph and the Christ Child

A Baroque painter, his religious work remains rooted in the context of the traditional Baroque style, characterised by a sensual, theatrical, emphatic aesthetic and warm colours. Realistic language, charged with emotion and religiousness. Citing the book and catalogue by Dr Francesc Milalpeix i Vilamala, Antoni Viladomat i Manalt 1678-1755 – Vida i obra, “this is […]

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The Last Supper

A depiction of the Holy Supper around a table with Jesus Christ and his apostles, at the time of the celebration of the Eucharist, with no added elements or landscape to distract from the scene. The most distinctive feature of this work is the apostle Judas’s pose looking towards the viewer. This painting clearly refers […]

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Adoration of the shepherds

Prolific painter of the 18th century, his father was a gilder of religious altarpieces. He worked with an active workshop in Barcelona, at the service of the church, religious orders and many monastic commissions, as well as the new affluent social class after the War of Succession. The war marked a before and after in […]

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Magdalena penitent (Penitent Magdalene)

The collection of works by Antoni Viladomat comprises three landscape paintings of a series of saints: Magdalena penitent (Penitent Magdalene), Santa Maria Egipcíaca al desert (Saint Mary of Egypt in the Desert) and Sant Ignasi escrivint a la Santa Cova de Manresa amb Montserrat al fons (Saint Ignatius writing in the Holy Cave of Manresa […]

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Maria Egipcíaca ermitaña al desert (Mary of Egypt hermit in the Desert)

The collection of works by Antoni Viladomat comprises three landscape paintings of a series of saints: Santa Maria Magdalena penitent (Penitent Saint Mary Magdalene), Santa Maria Egipcíaca al desert (Saint Mary of Egypt in the Desert) and Sant Ignasi escrivint a la Santa Cova de Manresa amb Montserrat al fons (Saint Ignatius writing in the […]

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