Screen Cresting
ca. 1520-1530 (made)
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Crestings from a screen, wrought iron, made by Juan Frances, Avila, ca. 1520-30
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| Parts | This object consists of 51 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron |
| Brief description | Crestings from a screen, wrought iron, made by Juan Frances, Avila, ca. 1520-30 |
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| Gallery label | CRESTINGS FROM A SCREEN, OR REJA
Wrought iron
Spain (Avila); c.1520-30
SPANISH CHURCH SCREENS
The Church has always played an important role as patron of ironworkers, and no more so than in 16th century Spain. Huge rejas (screens) from this period still adorn many Spanish churches and cathedrals, serving to divide the liturgical spaces, most particularly the altar, choir and side chapels. Though often large in scale, some as much as 9 metres high, their makers used difficult and physically demanding techniques, often having to work the metal when cold. The common appearance of the maker's name included in the scheme suggests that these rejas were considered as masterpieces of the craft. They showed the latest ornamental vocabulary, and were topped with bold arabesque figures, scrolls and coats of arms, heightened with gilding and colour.
The portions of screen from Avila Cathedral displayed here and in Gallery 29A were made by Juan Frances, whose proud inscription adorns one of the crestings. Frances was working at Toledo Cathedral as early as 1482. He also made the screen for the choir at the Church of Alcala de Henares. The pulpit dated 1525 at Avila, of embossed and gilded iron, may also be his work.(07/1994) |
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| Accession number | 279:1 to 6-1879 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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