EL ANTIGUO RETABLO MAYOR DEL CONVENTO DE SAN FRANCISCO DE ÉCIJA, OBRA DEL PINTOR FLAMENCO GIRALDO DE HEL (1563-1566?)

J. Rojas-Marcos-González

doi:10.12795/LA.2013.i25.11

THE ANCIENT MAIN ALTARPIECE OF THE SAINT FRANCIS MONASTERY IN ÉCIJA, WORK OF THE FLEMISH PAINTER GIRALDO DE HEL (1563-1566?)

Authors

J. Rojas-Marcos-González University of Seville. Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795/LA.2013.i25.11

Keywords:

The Renaissance, Sixteenth century, Flemish painting, Giraldo de Hel, Écija, Saint Francis monastery

Abstract

On March 20, 1563, Fr. Juan de Belalcázar, guardian of the Saint Francis monastery in Écija contract with the Flemish painter Giraldo de Hel the construction of the main altarpiece of that friary. The conservation of the contract, in the Protocols section of the Provincial Historical Archive in Córdoba, enables us to learn morphologically and iconographically so important artistic piece, replaced in the first quarter of the eighteenth century.