Cristo de San Juan de Ortega
altarpiece in the Museum of Burgos saved this small (just five inches in length) jewel of Romanesque eboraria: Christ of St John Ortega.
comes from the monastery, where it was exhibited in the chapel devoted to St. engineer, who according to tradition in life took her around his chest. For once the tradition, if not necessarily true, it is plausible, since the saint lived between 1080 and 1163, years reasonable for the creation of the piece. This is reminiscent of the works of Leon workshops in the second half of the eleventh century Christ as Ferdinand and Sancha (c. 1063) and especially Christ Carrizo , but its most naturalistic, especially in the face, and the very type of Christ, which is dead on the cross rather than triumphant as above, put it at a later time, possibly in the first half of the twelfth century. The crown was added later because the original was lost, the style is similar to some shrines Gothic Burgos Cathedral.
Another view of the same piece
Queen Isabella of Castile, benefactor the monastery (built the actual tomb of the saint), professed great devotion to the Christ, which did not prevent him withdraw one of the arms to be cured of an ailment, the other being suppressed by Pope Adrian VI in 1522 , at least this is the version of Father Flórez. For others, the head of this "massacre" was Margaret of Austria in 1603.
About the images: the Museum of the altarpiece, as I indicated earlier, is the stupid habit of not allowing to take pictures. However, it may be one of the museums with more blind spots that I know, especially in the jewelry section in the choir loft. So I seized the opportunity. Of course, for this I had to carry a small camera, easy to hide, much worse than I usually use.
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