Piedad with Canon Lluís Desplà

The Piedad with Canon Liuís Desplà was commissioned by Canon Lluís Desplà for a chapel in Barcelona Cathedral from the Spanish Renaissance artist Bartolomé Bermejo.[1] It depicts a piedad, or pietá, the scene in which the Virgin Mary mourns over the body of her son, Jesus Christ. The painting is notable for its inclusion of stylistic elements from Flemish art, as well as the artist's rigorously empirical observations of animals and plants.[1]

Piedad with Canon Lluís Desplà
ArtistBartolomé Bermejo
Year1490
Mediumtempera on wood
LocationBarcelona Cathedral, Barcelona

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Smarthistory – Bartolomé Bermejo, Piedad with Canon Lluís Desplà". smarthistory.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.

References

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  • John F. Moffit, The Arts in Spain (London: Thames and Hudson, 1999)
  • Letizia Treves, et al. Bartolomé Bermejo, exh. cat. (London and New Haven: National Gallery Company and Yale University Press, 2019)
  • Alberto Velasco and Francesco Fité, eds., Late Gothic Painting in the Crown of Aragon and Hispanic Kingdoms (Leiden: Brill, 2018)
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