The article examines the restoration process of the old clergy hospital of Sant Sever, on Carrer de la Palla, whose goal was to reclaim it as the centre for the Casacuberta Marsans Collection.

Article published in Ars Magazine, number 64 (October-November), 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

The text covers the lecture given at the 12th edition of the Mercat de l’art, Collecting and Museums conference and presents the contents and goals of the Casacuberta Marsans Collection.

The text published on the Museus de Sitges website summarises the lecture delivered in June 2023 as part of ‘La peça del mes. Juny 2023’ by the Museus de Sitges. Delivered by Nadia Hernández Henche, it presents the research conducted on the panel of Saint Stephen by Lluís Borrassà from to the collection.