Christ Seated in Judgement
ID: 
 
32
 
Original Country: 
 
Spain
 
Region: 
 
Catalonia (Catalunya)
 
Creator: 
 
Ferrer Bassa
 
Sorting Title: 
 
Christ Seated in Judgement
 
Subject: 
 

Christ seated in Judgement, surrounded by angels

 
Creation Date: 
 
1346
 
Century: 
 
14th
 
Style Genre: 
 
Italo-Gothic
 
Work Type: 
 
manuscript
 
Format Medium: 
 

Mostly oils, with some features in tempera; Fresco

 
Original Location: 
 

Barcelona (Spain)

 
Historical Context: 
 

The paintings are located in the cloister of the abbey of Pedralbes in "St. Michael's Chapel," which served as the day-cell for Francesca Saportella, the second abbess and niece of Queen Elisenda, the abbey's founder. This scene is one of over two dozen painted by Bassa in the same chapel (see also image number 35). It has been suggested that Bassa brought this style to Catalonia after a visit to Italy. Bassa may have died in April of 1348 when the Black Death reached Barcelona.

 
Related Work: 
 

St. Michael's Chapel frescoes, Pedralbes Monastery, exterior, Pedralbes Monastery, cloister (view 1), NULL, Pedralbes Monastery, chapter house, Pedralbes, chapter house (detail). For more info on Bassa and his paintings, see: Ferrer Bassa: les pintures de la capella de Sant Miquel al Monestir de Pedralbes, Pedralbes y sus pintures. See also: Pedralbes. El convento. Notas de Historia y de Arte.

 
Current Repository: 
 

Pedralbes Monastery,Barcelona (Spain)

 
Photo Credit: 
 
Marie Kelleher
 
Image of Christ Seated in Judgement.