Retablo Marès I

Abstract

‘Marès I altarpiece’ (Barcelona, Museu Frederic Marès, inv. no 2225 – one panel –, and whereabouts unknown – one panel –): two panels, the one in the Museu Frederic Marès altered. DEDICATEE: presumably Virgin and Child. OBVERSE: scenes lost, presumably at least scenes of the infancy of Christ (reliefs). REVERSE: jasper imitation. DATE: thirteenth century. N.B.: the reliefs displayed on the panel in the Museu Frederic Marès do not belong to this 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.