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Pere Serra was a painter in Gothic-Italian style, who was active in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

in 1357–1406. He was born into a family of painters, including his brothers Jaume, Francesc and Joan. Like most of the Catalan painters of the period, he was influenced by the contemporary Italian painting, especially from

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. He entered the workshop of Ramón Destorrents in 1357 and, together with his brothers, painted the altarpiece of the

monastery of Santa María de Sigena A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

, now in the

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (, English: "National Art Museum of Catalonia"), abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Ma ...

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. Other works from Pere Serra include the ''Arrival of the Holy Spirit'' in the

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(1394), considered his masterwork, an altarpiece with Saints in the

Monastery of Sant Cugat The Monastery of Sant Cugat ( ca, Monestir de Sant Cugat, es, Monasterio de San Cugat del Vallés) is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the ninth century, and under construction until the 14th century, i ...

(1375), a ''Virgin with Six Musician Angels'' and ''Annunciation'' in the

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* Painters from Catalonia 1410s deaths Year of birth unknown 14th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 15th-century Spanish painters Medieval Catalan artists 14th-century Catalan people {{Spain-painter-stub