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SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST ALTARPIECE
Sculpture of the main character of the altarpiece
© J. Muñiz
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View of the altarpiece with the wings opened
© J. Muñiz
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Extract of the inscription that mentions the name of the founder of the chapel
© J. Muñiz
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Portrait of Gonzalo González de Illescas
© Albayalde
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Portrait of Marina de Estrada
© J. Muñiz Petralanda
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Figure holding the coat of arms of the family in the pedrella.
© J. Muñiz Petralanda
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Main façade of the temple
© J. Muñiz
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View of the presbytery from the nave
© J. Muñiz
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High choir at the foot
© J. Muñiz
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Donated statue of St. Peter, patron saint of Valladolid, at the feet of the tower
© J. Muñiz
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Character with plaited beard
© J. Muñiz
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Salome in front of Herodias
© J. Muñiz
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Sculpture of the main Saint
© J. Muñiz
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Dramatic expression of the Virgin of the Lamentation
© J. Muñiz
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The compartment of the Baptism defines the attic
© J. Muñiz
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Supporting reliefs around the central sculpture
© J. Muñiz
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The reliefs are framed with an architrave with openworks
© J. Muñiz
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ in the center of the pedrella
© J. Muñiz
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Two hands of Antwerk in the relief of The Imprisonment of St. John the Baptist
© Albayalde
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The Birth of the Baptist
© J. Muñiz
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The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist
© J. Muñiz
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Exhumation of the body of the Saint
© J. Muñiz
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Washing of the Feet scene in the pedrella
© J. Muñiz
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Detail of the Epifany on the left door
© J. Muñiz
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St Jerome appears in one of the doors of the pedrella
© J. Muñiz
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Rear of the case: boards reinforced with crossbars. Identification marks scratched with a hoof knife
© Albayalde
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Centre section is the deepest
© Albayalde
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Upper outer angles joined by dovetailed
© Albayalde
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Rear of relief in the Predication of St. John the Baptist
© Archivo del CCRBC. Junta de Castilla y León. J. Cendoya
Inscription written in punched decoration on gilt
© Albayalde
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Continuous applied brocade, gilt and with fine details picked out in red. Finely dotted pinboard
© Albayalde
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Finely dotted pinboard on gilt and punched decoration
© J. Muñiz
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Applied brocade and red sgraffito on gilt
© Albayalde
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Central relief of the pedrella
© J. Muñiz
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Marks of the original henges that used to hold the wings of the attic, which are missing today
© Albayalde
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Characters from the first plane are missing. There is a hand over the shoulder of St. John and there are also zones in the base without polychromy
© Albayalde
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Losses of volume and polychromy in some reliefs
© Albayalde
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Statigraphy of a colour sample: Azurite blue on a black underlaying ground and preparation of chalk
© Archivo del CCRBC. Junta de Castilla y León. J. Cendoya