The Morata Master tempera on panel. The Mass of St. Gregory.
Aragon 15th century, province of Zaragoza. Tempera on panel taking up the theme of the mass of Saint-Grégoire. the scene shows Pope Gregory the Great (540-604) celebrating mass in the Church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem in Rome, and the apparition on the altar of Christ as a Man of Sorrows.
Related works: Metropolitan Museum, altarpiece, accession number: 10.12a, b - Metropolitan Museum, Virgin and Child , accession number: 41.190.28a–d.
The study of Dr. Alberto Velasco González which confirms the attribution to the master of Morata will be delivered together.
Origin: Aragon, Spain
Medium: Tempera on panel
Size: 86 x 65 cm, 134 x 71 cm(frame)
Period: 15th century
Condition: A few restaurations, framed
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