Pere Moragues

Virgin and child by Pere Moragues, Museu Frederic Marès collection.

Pere Moragues (ca. 1330-1388) was a Catalan sculptor and goldsmith [1] active in the second half of the 14th Century.[2] He was active in Barcelona, and "made the statues for the royal mausoleums at Poblet, and had executed other commissions for the Aragonese crown." [3]

One of his most famous works is silver tabernacle at the Colegiata de los Corporales de Daroca executed in Zaragoza in 1386.[4]

Scientific study of his works

Scientific testing was done on one of his works, the Recumbent Cleric in the Museu Catalunya (Museum stock #9923 Image of the sculpture at the Google Cultural Institute) to see if the provenance of the alabaster could be determined. When the isotopic signatures of the oxygen and sulphur of this alabaster piece are compared with those of the geological raw materials of it and similar items, there is accordance, in general, with the historical documentation. Most of the items tested with unknown provenances were consistent with a Tertiary marine origin.[5]

Locations of his works

The Museu Frederic Marès holds some of his sculptures. The Museu describes him as "one of the most highly esteemed artists of the Gothic era within the Crown of Aragon".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Moragues, Pere". VIAF.org. VIAF. 2010–2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Hourihane, Colum (ed.) (9 November 2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 2. Oxford University Press. p. 349. ISBN 9780195395365. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  3. ↑ Pijoan, Jose (Nov 1913). "Aragonese Primitives". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (The Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd.) 24 (128): 79. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pere Moragues". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ↑ PLAYÀ, ELISABET; et al. (June 2012). "Determining Gypsum Alabaster Provenance in Sculptural Artefacts: an Application Example" (PDF). Macla, Revista de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (Sociedad española de mineralogía) 16: 50–51. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Virgin and Child (Hall 13)". Museu Frederic Marès. 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
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