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Jaume Cascalls (early 14th century – 1378) was a Spanish sculptor, born in
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14th-century births 1378 deaths People from Berguedà Sculptors from Catalonia {{Spain-sculptor-stub Catholic sculptors
Jaume Cascalls (early 14th century – 1378) was a Spanish sculptor, born in Berga
Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu.
History
Berga derives its name f ...
. He was a representative of the Catalan school of Gothic sculpture. He was married to the daughter of painter Ferrer Bassa
Ferrer Bassa ( 1285 – 1348) was a Catalan Gothic painter and miniaturist.
Biography
He was active in the early 14th century, as proved by two documents which attest him working in two chapels at Sitges. Ten years later he worked for Alf ...
, with whom he had a profitable work relationship.
Cascalls' oldest known work is a white marble altarpiece in the church of St. Mary at Corneilla-de-Conflent
Corneilla-de-Conflent (; ca, Cornellà de Conflent) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Corneilla-de-Conflent is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of P ...
(in what is now southern France), dated and signed 1345. His most extensive work was however a series of sepulchres in the Monastery of Poblet
Poblet Abbey, otherwise the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet ( ca, Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet), is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in ...
, where he started to work in 1349 along with the master Aloi de Montbrai; the work prolonged for many years due to the numerous modifications required by King Peter I of Aragon
Peter I ( es, Pedro, an, Pero, eu, Petri; 1068 - 1104) was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabell ...
.
Cascalls left Poblet when he was appointed director of the construction of the La Seu Vella
The Cathedral of St. Mary of la Seu Vella (Catalan and Spanish: ''Catedral de Santa Maria de la Seu Vella'', English: ''St. Mary of the Old —Bishop— Seat'') is the former cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida, in Lleida, ...
cathedral in Lleida (1360). he also executed several polychrome marble figures for the Ripoll Monastery and sculptures for the Cathedral of Girona
Girona Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona (in Catalan language, Catalan: ''Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona'' or simply ''Catedral de Girona''), is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church architecture, church loca ...
, including the so-called "St. Charlemagne", a polychrome marble which in fact represents Peter I of Aragon.
In the 1370s Cascalls moved to the Cathedral of Tarragona
The Cathedral of Tarragona is a Roman Catholic church in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The edifice is located in a site previously occupied by a Roman temple dating to the time of Tiberius, a Visigothic cathedral, and a Moorish mosque. It was dec ...
, but he had to return to Poblet three years later, when the King menaced to deprive him of all his assets. He most likely died in 1378, after which the construction of the royal tombs begun by Cascalls at Poblet was assigned to his disciple Jordi de Déu
Jordi de Déu (later Jordi Johan; died c. 1418) was a Catalan Gothic sculptor of Greek origin, born in Messina.
He was bought as a slave in Barcelona by the sculptor Jaume Cascalls, who taught him sculpture. The first mentions of Jordi working ...
.
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14th-century births 1378 deaths People from Berguedà Sculptors from Catalonia {{Spain-sculptor-stub Catholic sculptors