Head of Christ
Jaume Cascalls · c. 1352
Jaume Cascalls
Spain · 1301–1500
Jaume Cascalls was a Catalan sculptor, born in Berga. He was a representative of the Catalan school of Gothic sculpture. He was married to the daughter of painter Ferrer Bassa, with whom he had a profitable work relationship. Cascalls' oldest known work is a white marble altarpiece in the church of St. Mary at Corneilla-de-Conflent (in what is now southern France), dated and signed 1345.
Known works
Head of Christ
Jaume Cascalls · c. 1352
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
The Head of Christ is a Jesus head conserved at the National Art Museum of Catalonia. Jaume Cascalls is one of the most important sculptors of the fourteenth century in Catalonia. This is borne out by his involvement over almost thirty years with the project of the royal pantheon in Poblet for King Peter the Ceremonious and with other large undertakings of the time.
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