Detail View: The AMICA Library: Tomb Effigy of Ermengol VII
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.28.95
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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Elaborate tombs honored the deceased and their family and invited prayers for their souls. This was one of a group of tombs made for the counts of Urgell in the Church of Santa María de Bellpuiq de las Avellanes. Mourners gather behind the effigy of Count Ermengol VII of Urgell (d. 1194). The relief above shows a priest conducting the funeral service, and still higher the soul of the deceased is borne heavenward by angels. The effigy rests on an elaborate sarcophagus with depictions of Christ and the apostles carried by three lions. Traces of the original paint remain. The tomb comprises fragments from different monuments; for example, the effigy slab is too large for the sarcophagus, which was originally made to be inset into a wall.
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Iberian; Spanish; Catalan
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Spanish
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Creator Name-CRT:
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From the Church of Santa Mar¡a de Bellpuiq de las Avellanes, Catalonia
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Title:
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Tomb Effigy of Ermengol VII
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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1320?1340
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Creation Start Date:
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1320
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Creation End Date:
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1340
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Materials and Techniques:
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Limestone, polychromy
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Creation Place:
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From the Church of Santa María de Bellpuiq de las Avellanes , Catalonia
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Dimensions:
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H. 120 in. (305 cm), L. 80 in. (203 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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28.95
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Credit Line:
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The Cloisters Collection, 1928
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_28.95.tif
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