El Monumento de Semana Santa de Santa María de Bermeo (Bizkaia)

Abstract

The Easter monument that, originating from the church of Santa María in Bermeo, custodied in the Diocesan Museum of Holy Art/Eleiz Museoa in Bilbao is the only example of this type of ephemeral architectures that have resisted up to the present day in a more or less complete state in Bizkaia. Its analysis has allowed us to gain a more rigorous knowledge of this type of accomplishments and their authors. It also contributes to a greater knowledge of the Neo-classical painting carried out within our territory. Attempts have been made to attribute the authorship of this work. The authorship by painter Luis Paret y Alacázar, who some scholars had pointed to due to the quality of its mock Bermean architecture, has now been discarded.