El cancel de la Iglesia de San Marcos de León
ISSN: 0213-1390
Year of publication: 1999
Issue: 21
Pages: 219-236
Type: Article
More publications in: Estudios humanísticos. Geografía, historia y arte
Abstract
In the year 1749 the convent of San Marcos of León decided to build a new lattice gato in the church to separate the presbitery from the main nave; the principal intention was to create a sumptuous work. With this aim, it was made ara iron and bronze grille with barroque characteristics, on a pedestal of colours marble, charged to the architect Blas Suárez Gavilanes and finished by Sancho Menéndez, according to the documentation.