Itinerary for the Museum's Sculpture Collection linked to the exhibition   Pictures to be believed  of the Barcelona History Museum, in which we also sell some of them  works on loan .

Based on unique religious sculptures from the 16th to the 18th centuries, which highlight the role that art played in the Counter-Reformation era.

The Protestant Reformation, promoted by Martin Luther from 1517, was based on three fundamental principles: justification by faith, the axis of the entire doctrinal set, the universal priesthood and the authority of the Bible. These Lutheran principles profoundly modified the structure of the new Reformed Churches because the supremacy of the Papacy and the episcopal hierarchy was denied and religious orders and the worship of images were eliminated.

Charles V's Imperial Europe, the result of religious controversies, ended up being divided between Lutheran and Catholic princes.

To counteract the ideas of the Protestant Reformation and to promote a true Catholic Reformation, Pope Paul III convened the Council of Trent (1545-1563), some of whose decrees would have consequences for the development of art during the 16th and 17th centuries in Catholic communities, such as the obligation to instruct the faithful in the intercession and invocation of the saints and the veneration of their relics.

From the Counter-Reformation onwards, the Catholic Church turned art into a propaganda instrument at the service of the faith. Through emotion, rather than thought, they wanted to stimulate piety and devotion in the faithful.

Triptych of the itinerary (PDF)

Place: Frederic Marès Museum. Permanent Exhibition of Sculpture.

Dates: From June 21, 2017 to January 14, 2018.

The entrance ticket to the exhibition  Pictures to be believed. Catholics and Protestants in Europe and Barcelona, ​​16th-17th centuries  allows you to visit the Frederic Marès Museum with a reduced rate.

The entrance ticket to the Frederic Marès Museum allows you to visit the exhibition with reduced admission.

Valid until January 14, 2018.