Title
Altarpiece of the Saints Juanes
Author
Bigarny, Philippe [attributed to]
Langrés (Borgoña), ca. 1475 - Toledo, 1543
Co-author
de Plascencia, Antón
?, ? - ?, ?
Salamanca, Alonso
?, ? - ?, ?
Solórzano, Andrés
?, ? - ?, ?
Bello, Martín
?, ? - ?, ?
Typology
Sculptures and altarpiecesDate
1520-1522Century
First quarter of the XVIth c.Total dimensions
16,35 m x 9,27 mTechnique
Carved, gilded and polychrome wood.Support
Pine, cherry and walnut wood.Observations
The work, lacking documentary proof of authorship, is attributed stylistically to Bigarny, who is known to have been in Granada in 1521 (del Río de la Hoz 2001, p. 163). It is recorded that Antón de Plasencia and Alonso Salamanca worked as polychromers, and Andrés Solórzano and Martín Bello as carvers. The praying sculptures of the Catholic Monarchs are later than the altarpiece, crafted by Diego de Siloé between 1528 and 1530 (González 2002, p. 137).
It has been regilded twice: in 1632 and between 1704 and 1705 (González 2002, p. 145).
Related links
Royal chapel of GranadaRestorations
1997, La Dirección General de Bienes Culturales de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía, Proyecto de Investigación y la Intervención del Retablo Mayor de la Capilla Real de Granada, Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico, Catedral de Granada.
The altarpiece undergoes an annual surface cleaning.
Bibliography
- I. del Río de la Hoz (2001): El Escultor Felipe Bigarny (h-1470-1542), Junta de Castilla y León. Conserjería de Educación y Cultura, Salamanca, pp. p. 162-174.
- A. Fernández-Puertas (1994): "Sobre los relieves en la predela del retablo de la Capilla Real de Granada", Anales de la Historia del Arte, nº 4, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, pp. 373-384.
- J. Gallego (1992): "El retablo de la Capilla Real. Teatro Sacro", Cuadernos del Arte de Granada, nº 23, Universidad de Granada, Granada, pp. p. 39-48.
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