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Mourner

Pere Oller Catalan
ca. 1417
Not on view
This sensitively carved mourner comes from the tomb of Fernando de Antequera, king of Aragon (d. 1416), in the royal pantheon at the abbey of Poblet near Barcelona. In 1417 the Catalan sculptor Pere Oller, who was also active at the cathedrals of Gerona and Vich, was commissioned to carve the tomb.

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Object Information
  • Title: Mourner
  • Artist: Pere Oller (Catalan, active 1395 until at least 1444)
  • Date: ca. 1417
  • Geography: Made in Catalonia, Spain
  • Culture: Catalan
  • Medium: Alabaster
  • Dimensions: 14 13/16 × 5 11/16 × 2 11/16 in., 10 lb. (37.6 × 14.5 × 6.8 cm, 4.5 kg)
  • Classifications: Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1496
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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3015. Pere Oller Mourner, ca. 1417

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