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AN UNKNOWN WORK BY PEDRO BERRUGUETE IN SEGOVIA: THE ORIGINAL ALTARPIECE FROM THE CAVE OF SANTO DOMINGO IN SANTA CRUZ LA REAL FRANCISCO EGAÑA CASARIEGO |
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The celebrated Crucified Christ from the Convent of Santa Cruz la Real in Segovia, attributed to Pedro Berruguete, does not constitute, as has been considered to this date, a devotional work commissioned independently for the sacristy of the convent, but rather the central panel of the altarpiece intended for the most emblematic part of the convent: the Holy Cave. An anonymous painting from the XVII Century, semi-abandoned in the chorus of the church since the mid-nineteenth century confiscations of church properties, constitutes the graphic document which, in the absence of literary testimonies, helps to document this altarpiece -lost or dispersed- of the Palentine artist for Segovia. |