The baroque altarpiece of the Miracle, the work of the sculptor Carles Morató, is the main altarpiece of the church of the Sanctuary of the Miracle, in Riner, Solsonès region. It is the most important work of its author and one of the most remarkable baroque altarpieces in Catalonia, very representative of the final phase of the evolution of baroque altarpiecesː instead of the Solomonic column, a type of composite column is used, the decorative repertoire incorporates the use of shells and rockwork, so characteristic of the art of the century xviii, and its structure becomes an architectural composition where dilutes the prominence of imagery and narrative scenes.
The commission to the sculptor dates from 1747 and provided for a period of nine years for its completion. It was a little later than expected, since the altarpiece was completed in 1758, in time for the tricentenary of the miracle of the appearance of the...Read more
The baroque altarpiece of the Miracle, the work of the sculptor Carles Morató, is the main altarpiece of the church of the Sanctuary of the Miracle, in Riner, Solsonès region. It is the most important work of its author and one of the most remarkable baroque altarpieces in Catalonia, very representative of the final phase of the evolution of baroque altarpiecesː instead of the Solomonic column, a type of composite column is used, the decorative repertoire incorporates the use of shells and rockwork, so characteristic of the art of the century xviii, and its structure becomes an architectural composition where dilutes the prominence of imagery and narrative scenes.
The commission to the sculptor dates from 1747 and provided for a period of nine years for its completion. It was a little later than expected, since the altarpiece was completed in 1758, in time for the tricentenary of the miracle of the appearance of the Virgin, the date inscribed on the altar. Later, between 1760 and 1774, the Solson painter Antoni Bordons executed the polychromy and gilding of the altarpiece
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