Late 16th-Century Catalan School, Saint Magí & Saint Mauro

Late 16th-Century Catalan School, Saint Magí & Saint MauroThis late 16th century Catalan fragment presents Saint Mag, patron saint of Tarragona, alongside Saint Mauro, a Benedictine monk. Created around 1580, it most likely formed part of a predella, where small saints stood in a measured row beneath the larger altarpiece above. The panel endures now as a compelling remnant, its age resting quietly on the surface. Saint Mag, known also as Maginus, was a third century hermit of Mount Brufaganya, remembered

a cottage and a peak

guitars rose to popularity among young ladies

Signed illegibly in the lower left and held within a gilt frame

It also appeared at Christie’s in 2001 titled “Swallows over a tranquil River”

alertness and gentle demeanour

14¼” x 11¼” / 36cm x 28cm

Perhaps a letter from a loved one

which carried a sense of rural wholesomeness

for no artist has ever excelled him in portraying a gale of wind with all its concomitant terrors

achieved a fair degree of success

Edwin Long

It’s after an engraving by Scottish artist David Roberts RA (1796-1864)