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LOT 0357:
The Avalanche. Chronicle of the Almogavars
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The Avalanche. Chronicle of the Almogavars
JOSE MARIA SERT
Barcelona 1874-1945
The Avalanche. Chronicle of the Almogávares. c. 1926
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Back handwritten by one of the artist's assistants: Deuxème Esquisserde Panneau "El Alud" pour dècorative de la Salle des Chroniques of Barcelona City Hall Spain MCMXXVI
Measures 200 x 165 cm
We appreciate the collaboration of Pilar Sáez Lacave for her help in cataloging this work.
Sketch for the panel that will be located in the Hall of Chronicles of the Barcelona City Council, the commission was made by the then mayor of the city, the Baron de Viver, signed in October 1928, with a view to the decoration of the town hall, which at that time it was under restoration, inaugurated by Alfonso XII and Victoria Eugenia, on the occasion of the International Exhibition of 1929
The work represents an episode of the “Almogávares Chronicles”, narrated by Ramón Muntaner.
In 1303 some 5,000 mercenaries landed in the city of Constantinople to serve the Byzantine Empire against the Turks.
The MNAC has a sketch of the same scene inventoried under number 43989, it is an oil on canvas but in a smaller format.
