Route through the Plateresque altarpieces in the east of the province of Leon - JOARA - Church of San Andrés
Altarpiece from the second quarter of the 16th century, consisting of three sections and seven aisles. The outer sections, which house the three-dimensional images of the evangelists with their corresponding Tetramorph symbol, are smaller. The first section, raised on a plinth decorated with busts and grotesque panels, contains a tabernacle in its central section whose door is adorned with a relief of the Resurrection , while the central section of the second and third sections houses the three-dimensional images of Saint Andrew and The Coronation of the Virgin , respectively. The side sections incorporate different brushwork stories on the hagiography and martyrdom of the titular saint, Saint Andrew, and the Passion of Christ , works by the painter Cristóbal de Colmenares, who, according to a contract dated 1541, also gilded the masonry.
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St. Andrew's ChurchMore informationAltarpiece from the second quarter of the 16th century composed of three sections and seven streets, the exterior ones housing bulk images of the evangelists with their corresponding smaller symbol of...
