Recumbent Figure of a Priest

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This tombstone shows the figure of a cleric lying and dressed in dawn and chasuble. Although there is no reliable data, it could come from the tomb of the abbot of Sant Cugat del Valles, Arnau Ramon de Biure, murdered on Christmas Eve in 1351, while singing mass. The stylistic analysis allows to attribute to Pere Moragues, one of the most important Catalan artists of the second half of the 14th  century. Moragues, with a long and fruitful professional career, stands out as a sculptor, but also as an architect and goldsmith.