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Ribbon Meander Frieze (from the church of San Baudelio near Berlanga)
Medium/Technique
Fresco secco transferred to canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 63 x 380 cm (24 13/16 x 149 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number27.785b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionLower Panel of 27.785a
Provenance12th century, church of San Baudelio de Berlanga, Casillas de Berlanga, Soria, Spain (original commission); 1922, frescoes sold by the residents of Casillas de Berlanga to Léon Levi (dealer), Barcelona, working with Gabriel Dereppe (dealer), Paris and New York [see note 1]; 1926, frescoes removed from San Baudelio and sent to London to be transferred to canvas; 1927, sent to New York and sold by Gabriel Dereppe to the MFA for $117,500 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: November 17, 1927)
NOTES:
[1] For a full account of the sale of the frescoes to Léon Levi, see María José Martinez Ruíz, “La venta y expolio del patrimonio románico de Castilla y León: el caso de las pinturas murales,” in La diáspora del románico hispano de la protección al expolio (Aguilar de Campoo, 2013), pp. 19-36. In 1925, the Tribunal Supremo, or supreme court, affirmed the rights of the residents of Casillas de Berlanga to sell the paintings to Levi, and for Levi to dispose of them. [2] Price paid for MFA accession nos. 27.785-27.786.
NOTES:
[1] For a full account of the sale of the frescoes to Léon Levi, see María José Martinez Ruíz, “La venta y expolio del patrimonio románico de Castilla y León: el caso de las pinturas murales,” in La diáspora del románico hispano de la protección al expolio (Aguilar de Campoo, 2013), pp. 19-36. In 1925, the Tribunal Supremo, or supreme court, affirmed the rights of the residents of Casillas de Berlanga to sell the paintings to Levi, and for Levi to dispose of them. [2] Price paid for MFA accession nos. 27.785-27.786.