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The Last Supper Frieze (from the church of San Baudelio near Berlanga)
Medium/Technique
Fresco secco transferred to canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 179 x 380cm (70 1/2 x 149 5/8in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number27.785a
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
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.