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CURRENT LOCATION · Museo de Bellas Artes (Bilbao)
03 — ARTWORK
PARET Y ALCAZÁR, Luis · 1786 →
PALETTE
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This painting was commissioned for the chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. 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.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Virgin and Child with St James the Great by PARET Y ALCAZÁR, Luis},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/paret-y-alcazr-luis-r7312749a4f4bfa/virgin-and-child-with-st-james-the-great-r2c0e4704ced468},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.