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El programa pictórico del Palau Palmerola en Barcelona. Interpretación de escenas mediante el archivo patrimonial familiar

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ABSTRACT: The first Marquis of Palmerola, Francesc Xavier Despujol, remodelled his family residence in 1784, which included a large hall decorated with a pictorial program painted by Pere Pau Montana. These historical paintings depicted episodes of war and peace, related to the family history of the owners, in order to show the importance and roots of their lineage, highlighting their illustrious role in their country’s history and commerce. This constitutes an outright justification of their power, an ostentatious display of their social status and their loyalty to the crown, following the trend amongst the nobility for building these cases grans during the last third of the eighteenth century in Barcelona, to set themselves apart from the parvenu, mostly the pre-industrial bourgeoisie. In order to interpret and understand Montana’s pictorial program, I make use of the Despujol family Archive. KEYWORDS: Despujol,  Cases grans, Pere Pau Montana, Iconographical Programs, Baroque, Barcelona. RESUMEN: El primer marques de Palmerola, Francesc Xavier Despujol, mando reformar su vivienda familiar en 1784, que incluia un gran salon decorado con un programa pictorico de Pere Pau Montana. Este representaba escenas historicas con episodios de guerra y paz, relacionados con la historia de la familia propietaria, como muestra de la importancia y origenes de su linaje, senalando su papel destacado en la historia y el comercio del pais. Se trata de una rotunda justificacion de su poder, una ostentosa demostracion de su estatus social y su fidelidad a la corona, respondiendo al fervor contructivo de cases grans del ultimo tercio del siglo XVIII barcelones, desmarcandose de los parvenus , mayormente burguesia pre-industrial. Para interpretar el programa de Montana, recurriremos al archivo patrimonial de la familia Despujol. PALABRAS CLAVES: Despujol, Cases grans , Pere Pau Montana, programa iconografico, Barroco, Barcelona.