Object type
rock painting
Culture/period
Prehistory
Materials
limestone
Technique
painting
Mint
Production date
-8200 / -4500
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Calapatà o Roca dels Moros
Township
Cretas (Terol)
Dimensions
340 x 370 mm, 420 x 430 mm, 300 x 360 mm
Description
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Original fragments with paintings of three Levantine deer of great naturalism and delicate treatment of shapes, proportion and expressiveness. Two are in a walking position and the other is lying down. They show a large number of anatomical details, such as the ears, legs, hooves and branched antlers. The colour used in all of them is red. The paintings in the Cave of the Moors, in Calapatà de Cretas Ravine (Matarranya), were discovered by Juan Cabré in 1903 and are the first paintings that were identified a new artistic style: Levantine rock art. The three deer, the main and central figures in the ensemble, which was formed by other figures, together with a figure of a wild boar, were removed by J. Cabré for his collection, arguing that they were in danger, and sold to the Barcelona Museums Board with other objects, for 14,000 pesetas in 1918.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2600