Artist
Vergos family
Vergos family is a Byzantine icon painting artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
These painters from an unsung Crete-based family made altarpieces and panels filled with gold leaf and jewel-like colors, telling the life of Saint Stephen. Their 1500 Invention of the Body of Saint Stephen shows the saint’s relics lifted high while mourners kneel in layered robes. The 1495 Altarpiece of Saint Stephen places the saint front and center between painted columns, his martyrdom framed like a theatrical stage. Want more gold-backed scenes? Tap Calvary, where Christ’s cross rises over a rocky Jerusalem skyline.
Works by Vergos family
Collections represented
Museum
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina…