The first hispanic altarpiece of Saint Catherine and the burial of Beatrice of Swabia at Las Huelgas
PUBLICATIONS
Boto Varela, Gerardo. “El primer retablo hispano de Santa Catalina y la presencia sepulcral de Beatriz de Suabia en Las Huelgas”, Anuario de Estudios Medievales 54 (2), julio-diciembre 2024.
A fragmentary relief in white marble, preserved in a private collection, represents with great subtlety the episodes of the d ispute of Saint Catherine, her condemnation and martyrdom, bordered by an unmistakable pattern of heraldry. Probably created in the third quarter of the thirteenth century in Castile, it proves the early creation of commemorative an d d evotional screens, linked to altars and, sometimes, to adjoining tombs. In addition, this relief expressed Alfonso X’s filial affection