Private chapel altar; Barcelona, c. 1790.

Altar of private chapel; Barcelona, c. 1790.
Carved pine wood, partially gilded and polychrome with marble simile.
Chest of drawers in predella.
It presents faults in the polychrome.
Measurements: 365 x 170 x 230 cm.
Altar for private chapel that presents a design of classic inspiration. It is a decorative piece that represents the portico of a temple, although it is not a conventional temple, since the columns are not arranged in a straight line, as it would happen in a prostyle temple, but its front has recessed columns that flank the central portico. For these reasons, we know that this is a temple whose aesthetics is based on neoclassical inspiration. This pronaos is arranged on a high podium with a volumetric design in which the planes alternate, the sides being recessed. The area is dominated by an ornamentation based on the alternation of materials. In the center there is a large medallion crowned by a garland, in which the representation of the Agnus Dei can be appreciated next to the cross. The upper zone is conceived as the pronaos of a classic temple as a tholos. The columns have bases with alternating torus and scotch moldings, on which rises a slender fluted shaft topped by a capital decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. These support a wide entablature that gives way to a dome whose exterior is closed in tympanum. The piece is composed of different materials whose pictorial ornamentation simulates marble, alabaster and bronze. It should be noted that the rear area has a hinged door and inside there is a drawer.