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The Avià Altar Frontal

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The Avià Altar Frontal

Anonymous (Catalan Romanesque), c. 1200

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Romanesque · chronological order 3

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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Barcelona · Spain

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Altar frontal painted in tempera on panel, from the church of Santa Maria de Avià (Berguedà, Catalonia). It shows the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Child in the central mandorla, flanked by scenes from her life (Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation). It is one of the great panels of Catalan Romanesque, and it hangs at the MNAC in Barcelona.

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