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 […]
Read moreMiracle de la vara florida de Sant Josep (The Miracle of the Flowering Rod of Saint Joseph).
This painting, which is quite well preserved, initially formed part of a series of 6 works, which were sold separately in the early 20th century. Miracle de la vara florida de Sant Josep (Miracle of the Flowering Rod of Saint Joseph) belongs to a series of work called Història de Sant Josep (History of Saint […]
Read moreAdoration 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 […]
Read moreThe Burial of Christ. Sketch for a painting for the Cathedral of Vic
Josep Maria Sert’s worldwide success resided in his personal and grandiloquent compositions, which were very often completely symbolic, such as the murals of the League of Nations -now the UN- in Geneva, in 1935 and 1936.
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