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The Arrest of Santa Engracia

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The Arrest of Santa Engracia

Bartolomé Bermejo (AKA Bartolomé de Cárdenas), Spanish, (ca. 1436–ca. 1498)

Creation date: 1474-1477
Creation place: Spain

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on panel
Credit Line: Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam
Accession Number: 1941.101
State/Province: Aragon
Dimensions: 38 1/4 in. x 21 3/16 in. (97.16 cm x 53.82 cm)
Currently on view

Provenance

Garet Lille, Paris, France ( - April 21, 1895)

Mrs. Walters, ( - May 1, 1941)

Church, Zaragoza, Spain (1474-1477 - )

American Art Association, Paris, France (April 21, 1895 - April 21, 1895)

Henry Walters, New York, New York (April 29, 1895 - )

Anne R. and Amy Putnam, San Diego, California (1941 - December 22, 1941)

Sotheby's, New York, New York (May 1, 1941 - May 1, 1941)

F. Kleinberger Galleries, Inc., New York, New York (May 1, 1941 - 1941)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (December 22, 1941 - )

Label Copy

Bartolomé Bermejo is regarded as among the most important Spanish painters of the 15th century. He was a key figure in the adoption by Spanish artists of Netherlandish oil painting techniques, which he perhaps perfected by working for a time in the Brussels studio of Rogier van der Weyden. Typical of Bermejo’s work, this panel is a tour de force, combining a dramatic sense of narrative with the precisely painted details of the modern clothing and setting in which Bermejo has cast the scene. The panel is a fragment of an altarpiece dedicated to the early Christian Princess Saint Engracia, who denounced the Roman Proconsul Dacian’s persecution of Christians and was tortured and martyred. Other parts of the altarpiece, which included a large central image of the saint as well as narrative scenes like this painting, survive in Boston, Bilbao, and Daroca.
Last Updated: 1/12/2018

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Goya, Zurbarán and Spanish Primitives Atlanta Art Association , 2/3/1957 - 3/27/1957

Spanish Masters University of California, Los Angeles Art Galleries , 1/25/1960 - 5/1/1960

The Horse in Art San Diego Museum of Art , 1/18/1963 - 2/24/1963

5 year loan to the new Timken Art Gallery , 9/2/1965 - 9/2/1970

Modern Masters of Spanish Painting: Legacy of Spain, XXth Century San Diego Museum of Art , 1/2/1969 - 3/4/1969

The Artistic Splendor of the Spanish Kingdoms: The Art of Fifteenth-Century Spai Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , 1/19/1996 - 4/28/1996

La pintura gótica hispanoflamenca: Bartolomé Bermejo y su época Museu Nacional d'Art Catalunya , 2/26/2003 - 8/31/2003

General Exhibition , 4/28/2006 - 7/23/2006

Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00

Bartolomé Bermejo , 10/9/2018 - 5/19/2019

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Ana Galilea Antón. La Pintura Gótica Española en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Bilbao, Spain, 1995
Page Number: 268, 270, 271, Figure Number: 151, 152

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 105

Ms. Nora Desloge. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 106, 107, Figure Number: 107

Julia Gethman Andrews (DUP). A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 70, 71, 72, Figure Number: 71

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 81, Figure Number: 81

Agnes Mongan and Elizabeth Mongan. European Paintings in The Timken Art Gallery: Putnam Foundation. San Diego, California, 1969
Page Number: 76, 77, 124-125, Figure Number: 27

Mr. Reginald Poland. Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: xl, Figure Number: 580

Mr. Reginald Poland. Illustrated Catalogue: Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: xl, Figure Number: 580

Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño. La Pintura Española fuera de España Espasa-Calpe, S. A.. Madrid, España, 1958
Page Number: 112, no. 331, Figure Number: 63

Judith Berg Sobré. The Artistic Splendor of the Spanish Kingdoms: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, Massachusetts, 1996
Page Number: 14, 16, 17, 18, Figure Number: 1-2, 1-3

Judith Berg Sobré. The Artistic Splendor of the Spanish Kingdoms: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, Massachusetts, 1996
Page Number: 72, no. 1b

Ana Galilea Antón. La Pintura Gótica Española en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Bilbao, España, 2003
Page Number: 266, 268, 270, 271, 278, 280, Figure Number: 151, 152

Ana Galilea Antón. Anuario 1989: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Bilbao, España, 1990
Page Number: 20, 21, 23, 31, Figure Number: 2

Judith F. Berg-Sobré. Fenway Court Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, Massachusetts, October 1968
Page Number: 18, 20, 21, Figure Number: 3

Eric Young. Bartlomé Bermejo: Elek Books Limited. London, England, 1975
Page Number: 139-140, Figure Number: 26

William R. Wilson. The Los Angeles Times Book of California Museums Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated. New York, New York, 1986
Page Number: 256, 257, Figure Number: 208

Ana Galilea Antón. La pintura gótica hispanoflamenca: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain, 2003
Page Number: 148, 151, 152, 156, 158, 494, Figure Number: 7

Mr. Steven Kern. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 104, Figure Number: 104

Calendar Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, Texas, March 2006-August 2006
Page Number: 10, Figure Number: 10

José Gudiol. Gothic Painting The Viking Press, Inc.. New York, New York, 1965
Page Number: 65-66

Mr. Philip Hendy. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, Massachusetts, 1931
Page Number: 43-44

Judith F. Berg-Sobré. Bartolomé de Cárdenas "El Bermejo:" International Scholars Publication. Bethesda, Maryland, 1997
Page Number: 70, 77, 79, Figure Number: 3, 18

Judith F. Berg-Sobré. Bartolomé de Cárdenas "El Bermejo:" International Scholars Publication. Bethesda, Maryland, 1997
Page Number: 201-202

Chandler Rathfon Post. A History of Spanish Painting: Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950
Page Number: 349 notes 1-2, 352 note 3

Judith F. Berg-Sobré. The Art Bulletin The College Art Association of America. New York, New York, December 1977
Page Number: 494

Mr. Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Boston, Massachusetts, 1974
Page Number: 23-24 note 4

Ana Galilea Antón. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao: Fundación BBK. Bilbao, España, 1999
Page Number: 62

Joan Molina Figueras, ed. Bartolomé Bermejo Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid, 2018
Page Number: 153-164, Figure Number: 7B

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