Presentation of the central panel of the Gothic altarpiece of Saint Sebastian, from the monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra, which has recently been acquired by the Museum of Badalona.

This exceptional piece was part of the altarpiece that decorated the chapel that the monks of La Murtra erected, in the late 15th century, in honor of San Sebastián as a result of a plague epidemic.

Two parts of the original altarpiece are currently known: the predella, which belongs to the Museum’s collections, and the central table that has just been acquired. The side panels are lost and we do not know what they looked like, as those that can be seen in the photographs that have survived to the present day are, by the way, clearly later than the Gothic period.

The Museum of Badalona will inaugurate an exhibition at the beginning of next year, in which the two original pieces will be able to be seen – central table and predella -, as well as the reproduction of other representations of Saint Sebastian of the same time, such as the altarpiece of Sant Sebastià and Santa Tecla in the cathedral of Barcelona or the altarpiece of the Constable in the chapel of Santa Àgata, also in Barcelona. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of lectures on various aspects related to the work and the monastery of Sant Jeroni: the possible author of the altarpiece, the monastery at the end of the 15th century, the music of the Jeromes, the epidemics in the medieval times and the devotion to San Sebastián.

FREE ENTRY. LIMITED SEATS.

The event can be followed live on the Museum’s Youtube channel.