# Virgin and Child with St James the Great

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PARET Y ALCAZÁR, Luis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 63,5 x 142 cm

## Commentary

This painting was commissioned for the chapel of the old Town Hall in Bilbao in 1786. It represents the scene when in Zaragoza the Virgin appeared to St James the Greater in a vision, seated on top of a pillar of jasper, and commanded him to build a chapel on the spot, a story that served to explain the foundation of the church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar.

## Related artworks

- [Charles III Dining before the Court](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/charles-iii-dining-before-the-court-r150291500295c0>)
- [Elegant Company Preparing for a Masked Ball](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/elegant-company-preparing-for-a-masked-ball-r5a918e6fe02446>)
- [Maria de las Nieves Micaela Fourdinier](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/maria-de-las-nieves-micaela-fourdinier-r5f943ca108613e>)
- [Portrait of a Lady with Her Infant Child \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/portrait-of-a-lady-with-her-infant-child-detail-rbe5ba9ff87ba4e>)
- [Portrait of a Lady with Her Infant Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/portrait-of-a-lady-with-her-infant-child-r182f63e41ad0bb>)
- [Self-Portrait in the Studio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/self-portrait-in-the-studio-r67bc7083f50709>)
- [Still-Life with Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/still-life-with-fruit-r40bb567c54895b>)
- [View of El Arenal in Bilbao](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/view-of-el-arenal-in-bilbao-rbaf2e235840a52>)
- [Village Scene and View of Fuenterrabia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/village-scene-and-view-of-fuenterrabia-rdfdaef42da3d86>)
- [Zebra](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/zebra-ra2a60844eed243>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)