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The Ransom for Galcerán de Pinós put on Board Ship at Salou near Tarragona

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Galcerán de Pinós Preventing the Shipment of the Ransom

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The Ransom for Galcerán de Pinós put on Board Ship at Salou near Tarragona

Date:
late 16th or early 17th century
Culture:
Spanish, Catalonia
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal thread on canvas
Dimensions:
11 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 5 in. (3.43 x 2.57 m)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Zadok, 1947
Accession Number:
47.72

This artwork is part of Sculpture and Decorative Arts of the Spanish Renaissance

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  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: (Catalan transliteration): Quant los vassals de la varon[i]e / de Vagà portare[n] lo rescat per a trau-/ rer de capt[i]veri al noble don Galcerán / Galcerán de Pinós son senior y l'embar-/ cab[e]n en Tarragona al port de Salou. (Spanish translation): Cuando los vasallos de la Baronia / de Bagà llevaron el rescate para sacar de cautiverio al noble don Galcerán / Galcerán de Pinós, su señor, y lo embarcaron en Tarragona, en el puerto de Salou. (English translation): How the vassals of the barony of Bagà carried the ransom to deliver from captivity the noble Don Galcerán, Galcerán de Pinós their master, and loaded it on the ship in Tarragona in the port of Salou.

  • Provenance

    Private Collection, France ; [ M. Romeuf , Paris (acquired in 1906) ] ; Adolphe Clément-Bayard (before 1937; his sale, Galerie Jean Charpentier, June 22, 1937) ; Charles Zadock (until 1947; to MMA)

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