Retablo de Contrasta (?)

Abstract

Contrasta/Kontrasta (Álava/Araba) (?), hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Elizmendi, but ultimately either the hermitage of San Salvador or the hermitage of San Adrián (whereabouts unknown): three panels. DEDICATEE: presumably Virgin and Child. OBVERSE: scenes lost, presumably at least scenes of the infancy of Christ (reliefs). REVERSE: without information. DATE: thirteenth century. N.B.: the reliefs displayed on the panels in old photographs do not belong to the presumed Contrasta altarpiece, but to the Santa María de Mave altarpiece, which is not a tabernacle-altarpiece. - Ficha incluida en el anexo "Updated list of Castilian tabernacle-altarpieces" publicado en: Fernando Gutiérrez Baños, Justin Kroesen, Elisabeth Andersen (eds.). The Saint enshrined: European tabernacle - altarpieces, c. 1150–1400. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Medievales, 2020.