Paintings in Baroque style, added in 1828 to the high-flying concave eaves of Casa Heredia, a house on the main square in Graus, a village in the Spanish Pyrenees, in Ribagorça or Ribagorza county, Huesca province, Aragon, Spain.
Graus, Ribagorça or Ribagorza county, Huesca province, Aragon, Spain: paintings under the eaves of Casa Heredia, a grand ‘palace-house’ on the main square, Plaza Mayor or Plaza de España of Graus. Casa Heredia belongs to the Heredia family and was originally built in the mid-1700s. In 1828, pictorial decoration of the eaves was carried out by the painter Teótimo de Heredia. In 2006, the building was completely restored and the Ribagorza Regional Council installed there. The eaves are separated into large areas by fluted pilasters in slight relief, thus configuring frames whose upper finish, between the pilasters, comprises curved profiles. The paintings here represent the parable of the Prodigal Son. They include popular Baroque stylistic features and the characters’ clothes are a mix of biblical and contemporary. The parable of the Prodigal Son in St Luke’s Gospel tells the story of a son who squanders his portion of his father’s estate by drinking, gambling and sleeping with prostitutes. Desperately poor, he works as a swineherd before returning to his father who forgives him. The Casa Heredia and other grand houses on the arcaded Plaza Mayor are important examples of Ribagorzan civil architecture. Graus is a village in the Spanish Pyrenees in one of the areas where the Aragonese language is still spoken. It is the administrative capital of Ribagorza county. In 1063, El Cid took part in the Battle of Graus at which the King of Aragon was killed.
Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Casa Heredia, main square, Plaza Mayor, Plaza de España, Graus, Ribagorça or Ribagorza county, Huesc
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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