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History Acquired during the 1919-1923 campaign of the Junta de Museus. (Link) Originate from the southern apsidiole of the Church of Sant Quirze de Pedret (link) The church was thought to have been elaborately decorated (even without any written history of worshippers) since it was located on the roads connecting Berga, Baga, and Cardanya, thus it may have been in an important location. It is believed that the church was Visigothic due to specific construction elements.

Description Dimensions: 325x315x320cm (link) The apse contains a fragmentary image of the Ten Virgins parable (?). Three of the five Wise Virgins´heads have been removed do to historic construction, however all figures seem to be wearing similar embroidered dalmatics and tunics with close-fitting sleeves that are worn below the open-fitted sleeves of the dalmatics. The Virgins are crowned with bridal crowns resting on caps and are seen wearing spiral earings. The crowns resemble those found in Rome during the sixth century. Originally, all five Wise Virgins were depicted seated at the marraige supper with burning cressets in their left hands. The Bridegroom figure is all but gone, however his hand can be seen extending over the table. On the other side of the scene are the five Foolish Virgins. The Foolish Virgins are not clothed in the intricate dalmatics as the Wise Virgins, and they do not wear crowns. Instead, they don coifs that are arranged in folds over their hair. Also unlike the Wise Virgins, the five Foolish Virgins hold their cressets inverted with oil vessels hanging from them. A young male figure is also pictured sitting upon a church with a wand in his hand and his head encircled by a nimbus (halo). Trace figures of the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary were once reported, but have since faded entirely. An image of the Theotokos holding the infant Jesus was also present but was covered with mortar during repairs. A seated figure (possibly the Virgin Mary) has also been reported but is no longer visible. (pijoan)

Composition Fresco transfered to canvas (link)

Analysis Created by Circle of the Master Pedret (link) This fresco from the southern apse of Pedret is an early example of the Catalan school. In the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, is related to earlier religious eamples such as Coemiterious Maius and the Rossano Gospels. In the parable, the Wise Virgins with the lighted torches are received by the Bridegroom, whereas the Foolish Vigins with the extinguished torches have been excluded from Paradise (Re0write this...too similar to original)

^ Anthony, E.W., Romanesque Frescoes, Princeton, 1951, p. 161-163. ^ Klein, P.K. , The Art of Medieval Spain A.D. 500-1200, New York, 1993, p. 194 ^ Kuhn, Ch.L., Romanesque Mural Painting of Catalonia, Cambridge, 1930, p. 15-18. ^ Miller, D.C., <The Romanesque Mural Paintings of Pedret<, Parnassus, New York, March 15, 1929, I, III, p. 20. ^ Pijoan, J., <A Rediscovered School of Romanesque Frescoes<, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, April 1911, p. 72-73, XIX, XCVII. ^ Post, Ch. R., A History of Spanish Painting, Cambridge, 1930, I, P. 130-136; 1941, VII (2), p. 540-544.