Master of Santa Coloma de Queralt

This anonymous painter from the 1300s made wooden altarpieces during the Gothic era, a time when religious scenes crowded gold backgrounds and halos glowed. Their Altarpiece of the Saints John (1356) shows carved figures in stiff robes, one saint holding a book, another with a lamb, typical of the period’s stiff, symbolic style. The work’s flat colors and stacked composition feel like a storybook come to life.

Want to see more Gothic woodwork? Tap the altarpiece to zoom in and spot the carved folds in the saints’ robes.