Title

Altarpiece of the Holy Cross

Author

Van Cothem, Jacob

Active in Antwerp in the first quarter of the XVI^th c.

Typology

School

Century

Total dimensions

Technique

Observations

The carved altarpiece by Jacob van Cothem is integrated into the wall of the funerary chapel of the Salamanca family in Burgos. The typology of the altarpiece differs significantly from the standardized production of early sixteenth-century Antwerp workshops. It was likely executed according to the patron’s precise specifications. The altarpiece features donor portraits along with their coat of arms.

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Bibliography

• R. Kasl (2014): The Making of Hispano-Flemish Style: Art, Commerce, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Castile, Brepols, Turnhout, p. 20, il. 6.
• R. Didier (2001): "L’art hispano-flamand. Réflexions critiques : Considérations concernant des sculptures espagnoles et brabançonnes", en J. Yarza Luaces, A.C. Ibáñez Pérez (dirs.), Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Gil Siloe y la escultura de su época: Burgos, 13-16 octubre de 1999, Centro Cultural "Casa del Cordón", Burgos.
• L. Jacobs (1998): Early Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 191.
• M.J. Gómez Barcena (1994): "Escultura gótica de importación en Burgos: el retablo de la Santa cruz en la iglesia de San Lesmes", Boletín de la Institución Fernán González, vol. 209, nº 2, pp. 279-296.
• C. Dumortier (1993): "Retables sculptés anversois dans la péninsule ibérique", en H. Nieuwdorp (ed.), Antwerpse retabels, 15de-16de eeuw, Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Antwerp, pp. 111-113.
• M.J. Gómez Barcena (1992): "Revisión de algunos aspectos del retablo de la Santa Cruz en la iglesia de San Lesmes de Burgos", Homenaje al profesor Hernández Perera, Madrid, pp. 549-560.
• J.K. Steppe (1972): "Vlaamse kunst langsheen de bedevaartweg naar Sint-Jakob van Compostella", Vlaanderen, vol. 21, pp. 145-149.

Locations

• Iglesia de San Lesmes Abad, Burgos (Spain)