Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles (1917)
Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · New York, London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 204
Fig. 54—Altar of Santa Catalina in Avila Cathedral.Attributed to Zarza. circular bas-relief. On the pedestal it is recorded that thebones of El Tostado (the Tanned for such was his curious.appellation) were brought here on the loth of February, 1521;but the monument must have been completed or… … MONUMENT TO BISHOP ALFONSO DE MADRIGAL, EL TOSTADO.AVILA CATHEDRAL. Vasco de la Zarza, Sculptor, ca. 1517. 17.5 ISOLATED WORK IN CASTILE AND ESTREMADURA 177 was called upon by the cathedral chapter to appraise it.Next in artistic value is the trascoro (Fig. 53), a prodigiouswork cut in stone and…
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