Title

Altarpiece of the saints

Typology

School

Date

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Support

Inscriptions

Mark on the back of the altarpiece that could identify the merchant or promoter (Barrio Olano and Berasain Salvarredi 2018, p. 31).

Observations

The work had been dated around 1440, but during the 2016-2017 restoration, a dendrochronological study showed that it is posterior to 1455 (Barrio Olano and Berasain Salvarredi 2018, p. 31).

J.J. Clopés theorized that the Virgin could be an original piece, although this can't be verified at the time. Three of the sculptures belonging to the original altarpiece are known with certainty: Saint Peter (73.5 x 24.5 x 18.5 cm), Saint Paul (72.5 x 26 x 18.5 cm), and Saint Anthony (71.3 x 26 x 20 cm) (Barrio Olano and Berasain Salvarredi 2018, p. 31).

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Restorations

• 2017, Junta de Castilla y León, Fondo René y Karin Jonckheere de la Fundación Roi Baudouin. Albayalde-conservatio, Ex-Colegiata de San Cosme y San Damián en Covarrubias.

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Bibliography

• M. T. López de Guereño Sanz (2021): "Exaltación del linaje, relaciones artísticas y modelos de comparación a fines de la edad media: los sepulcros de los cuevas/Covarrubias en el presbiterio de la ex colegiata de Covarrubias", Migravit a seculo. Muerte y poder de príncipes en la Europa Medieval: perspectivas comparadas., Sílex, pp. p. 587-588.
• M. Barrio Olano, I. Berasain Salvarredi (2018): "El retablo de los Santos de la Colegiata de San Cosme y San Damián de Covarrubias (Burgos): estudio de la policromía", Ge-conservación, nº nº 13, GEIIC, Madrid, pp. p. 29-40.

Locations

• 1474: Ex-Collegiate Church of San Cosme and San Damián, Covarrubias. Burgos (Spain)