Una mujer, un obispo, un hito: las pinturas murales de Sant Esteve de Andorra

Abstract

The mural paintings of the church of Sant Esteve in Andorra la Vella represent a very interesting case of the dispersion, conservation and museumization of the pictorial heritage of the Central Middle Ages. The preserved fragments are currently divided between the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, the Museo Nacional del Prado and a private collection. The historical-artistic coordinates of the paintings constitute a turning point in the chapter of Pyrenean Romanesque painting between the 12th and 13th centuries. The aim of this article is therefore twofold. Firstly, to retrace the journey of the fragmentation of the paintings, examining the different ways in which the fragments that have survived have been musealised and conserved, and the gaps that have resulted from their dispersion. Secondly, to present the preliminary results of the creation of a three-dimensional digital model that proposes a reflection on the original perception of the painted space and invites new interpretations of its iconography and the historical context in which it was conceived.