Seville: an historical and descriptive account of "the pearl of Andalusia"Calvert, Albert Frederick
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Seville: an historical and descriptive account of "the pearl of Andalusia"
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Art -- Spain -- Seville; Painters -- Spain; Seville (Spain) -- Description and travel
Returning to the Cathedral, we find on the left the Capilla del
Bautisterio or of San Antonio. It is famous for one of Murillo’s finest
works, “St Anthony of Padua’s Vision of the Child Jesus.” This is the
picture which was stolen in 1874, conveyed to New York, sold to a Mr
Schaus for £50, and by him returned to the ecclesiastical authorities.
This chapel is also remarkable for its _pila_ or font, the work of
Antonio Florentin, and Giralda windows. Next to it is the Capilla de
las Escalas, with two pictures by Luca Giordano, “strong in character,
drawing, and colour,” and the sepulchre of Bishop Baltasar del Rio
(about 1500); then comes the Capilla de Santiago, with paintings by
Valdés Leal and Juan de las Roelas, a stained-glass window with the
richest tones, and the tomb of Archbishop Gonzalo de Mena (1401);
and the Capilla de San Francisco, with another fine window, and an
ambitious “Apotheosis of St Francis” by Herrera el Mozo.
Separated from this chapel by the Puerta de los Naranjos is the
Capilla de la Visitacion (or Doncellas). The Puerta is furnished with
two altars, one, the Altar de la Asunción, the other, the Virgen
de Belén. The former has a painting by Carlo Maratta, the latter a
“Virgin and Child” by Alonso Cano. The Capilla de los Evangelistas
has an altar-piece in nine parts by Hernando de Sturmio (1555), which
shows us the Giralda as it was before the present upper part had been
added. Crossing before the Puerta Lagarto we reach the little chapel
of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, with a notable “Madonna and Child” by
Pedro Millan. The altar-piece of the Capilla de San Pedro, between
this chapel and the Capilla Real, has paintings by Zurbarán, hardly
distinguishable in the dim light. On the other side of the Capilla Real
is the Chapel of la Concepcion Grande, containing pictures relating to
the Immaculate Conception, and a crucifix attributed to Alonso Cano.
Here is also a fine modern monument to Cardinal Cienfuegos.
OTHER BUILDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES
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