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Gonçal Peris
Saint Catherine arguing with the pagan philosophers
1420-1430

About the Item

Gonçal Peris (1380-1451) Saint Catherine arguing with the pagan philosophers Tempera on panel 83 x 87 cm Valencia, c. 1420 – c.1430 Provenance: Former collection of the marqueses de Villamizar; Private collection, Barcelona. Literature: J. Gómez Frechina, F. Ruiz Quesada: Retrotabulum number 14. September 2014, page 25. With certificate from Antoni José i Pitarch, professor of Art History at the University of Barcelona This refined panel is a rare surviving example of early fifteenth-century Valencian painting, a period of unparalleled artistic achievement in the region, often referred to as the 'Valencian Golden Age'. By the late fourteenth century, Valencia had become the most important city and trading harbour in Aragon, a kingdom then still independent from Castile and ruling over vast territories scattered across the Mediterranean: Mallorca, Sicily, Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Naples. As such, Valencia became a wealthy cosmopolitan centre that fostered artistic creation, especially painting. The city acted as a powerful magnet for patrons and artists from all over Europe, such as the Florentine painter Gherardo Starnina, who journeyed and worked there for a few years. Valencia's talented and inspired artists ultimately formulated one of the most accomplished versions of the International Gothic style that was then spreading across the continent. Foremost among these artists was Gonçal Peris Sarrià. Born to a family of painters, Peris Sarrià certainly trained under Pere Nicolau, then the leading figure of the Valencian International Gothic. Upon his master's death in 1408, he set up a successful studio in the city, receiving numerous prestigious commissions from important citizens as well as secular and religious authorities, such as the governor of Valencia and the bishops of Valencia and Barcelona. His limited extant oeuvre includes a group of four elegant fantasy portraits of the Aragonese kings, from a cycle commissioned in 1427 and meant to adorn the Council chamber of the Valencian town hall. This panel illustrates a passage from the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and belonged to an altarpiece devoted to the Saint, who had a great gift for arguing and persuading; other scenes from the same alterpiece are unknown so far. Nevertheless, it must have belonged to an altarpiece of three vertical panels, the central one with the main Saint and the symbols of her martyrdom: the breaking wheel and the palm leaf, and three other scenes of her legend on the side panels. The subject matter carried out in this scene must have been set in the center of the left side panel of the altarpiece (from a viewer's perspective), previous to the scenes of the Saint's martyrdom and death which would have been placed on the right side panel.

Creator:
Gonçal Peris (1380 - 1451, Spanish)
Creation Year:
1420-1430
Dimensions:
Height: 32.68 in (83 cm)Width: 34.26 in (87 cm)Depth: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Medium:
Egg Tempera,Wood Panel
Movement & Style:
Gothic
Period:
18th Century and Earlier
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Barcelona, ES
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU34431022683

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