El busto relicario de San Braulio (1456-1461) y la tradición de la venida de la Virgen del Pilar a Zaragoza
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: In 1456-1461 the silversmith\nFrancisco de Agüero recast the reliquary\nbust of Saint Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza, requested by the archbishop Dalmau\nde Mur y Cervelló and the chapter\nof Santa María la Mayor in order to give\nthe piece a similar appearance to the luxurious\nbust of Saint Valero in the cathedral\nof La Seo, a piece in which the own\nFrancisco de Agüero had worked between 1448-1452. In the previous years,\ndue to the fire in the Santa Capilla del\nPilar in 1434-1435 and its immediate rebuilding,\nthe tradition of the coming of\nthe living Virgin to Zaragoza to comfort\nthe apostle Santiago and entrust him\nwith the building of a church around the\npillar above which María appeared to\nhim. The capillo of the cloak of the bust\nincludes the oldest known representation\nof this event.
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W65310592