THE PASSION ALTARPIECE

ALTERATIONS 

The  inverted "T" shaped altarpiece containing the groups of figures and the architectural decoration could date - or at least some of it could - from 1884, the date the altarpiece was relocated when the church ambulatory was built. A background comprising three gold-coloured pine planks covered in glitter was attached, each with its own set of columns and pinnacles blocks. These probably came from some other altarpiece. Reliefs were stood on a new base and crowned with partly re-constructed and re-decorated architectural decoration, leaving too much space between them. 

Some fragments may be lacking in some reliefs and chevron assembly holes may be observed to the rear of the altarpiece. Likewise, certain missing volumes may also be observed, some, such as the head of the animal in the Crucifixion scene, have been reconstructed.

 Our overall appreciation of the polychrome decoration is somewhat altered by the expanse of the gold coloured background, the numerous losses of colour and the dark presence of the wood.