Where can you see Jaume Huguet in Barcelona?

At the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: The Consecration of Saint Augustine, Saint Michael and The Last Supper. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Jaume Huguet's most famous work in Barcelona?

The Consecration of Saint Augustine, of 1463 to about 1480, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The centre of the altarpiece of Saint Augustine: the saint enthroned as bishop among the clergy, in robes worked in raised gold.

When and where was Jaume Huguet born?

In 1412, at Valls, Crown of Aragon. Jaume Huguet died in 1492, at Barcelona, Crown of Aragon, aged about 80.

What is Jaume Huguet known for?

The leading painter of Barcelona in the late fifteenth century. His altarpieces use raised and gilded relief for robes and crowns. His altarpiece for the chapel of Santa Àgata is still where he made it. Jaume Huguet was a Catalan painter, of Catalan Gothic.

Painter, 1412 to 1492

Jaume Huguet

Jaume Huguet ran the leading workshop of Barcelona in the second half of the fifteenth century. His altarpieces, made for the city's guilds and churches, are thick with gold and grave faces, and the best of them are in the MNAC.

Born: 1412, Valls, Crown of Aragon
Died: 1492, Barcelona, Crown of Aragon
Movement: Catalan Gothic
In Barcelona: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Jaume Huguet in Barcelona

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya3 works

The Consecration of Saint Augustine
1463 to about 1480
The centre of the altarpiece of Saint Augustine: the saint enthroned as bishop among the clergy, in robes worked in raised gold.
Saint Michael
about 1455 to 1460
The archangel in armour, standing over the devil he has thrown down, from the altarpiece of Saint Michael.
The Last Supper
about 1470
Christ and the apostles at a long table laid with gold plates and bread, under a canopy of gilded tracery.

The life of Jaume Huguet

Huguet was born in Valls, in the country south of Barcelona, and worked for some years in Zaragoza and perhaps in Valencia before settling in Barcelona in the 1440s. He worked there for the rest of his life.

His altarpieces were made for the guilds and the parishes of the city. The MNAC has the panels of several, among them the Consecration of Saint Augustine and the altarpiece of Saint Vincent from Sarrià; another, made for the king's chapel of Santa Àgata, is still in place there.

What to know

The leading painter of Barcelona in the late fifteenth century
His altarpieces use raised and gilded relief for robes and crowns
His altarpiece for the chapel of Santa Àgata is still where he made it

Born: 1412, Valls, Crown of Aragon
Died: 1492, Barcelona, Crown of Aragon

Jaume Huguet: common questions

Where can you see Jaume Huguet in Barcelona?: At the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: The Consecration of Saint Augustine, Saint Michael and The Last Supper. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Jaume Huguet's most famous work in Barcelona?: The Consecration of Saint Augustine, of 1463 to about 1480, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The centre of the altarpiece of Saint Augustine: the saint enthroned as bishop among the clergy, in robes worked in raised gold.
When and where was Jaume Huguet born?: In 1412, at Valls, Crown of Aragon. Jaume Huguet died in 1492, at Barcelona, Crown of Aragon, aged about 80.
What is Jaume Huguet known for?: The leading painter of Barcelona in the late fifteenth century. His altarpieces use raised and gilded relief for robes and crowns. His altarpiece for the chapel of Santa Àgata is still where he made it. Jaume Huguet was a Catalan painter, of Catalan Gothic.

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