The brothers Joaquim and Marià Vayreda Vila often visited Paris. Their artistic activities lead them to study and develop a well-known type of iconography known as "The Art of San Sulpicio" as since it was developed by a number of artists living in the Parisian quarter which takes the name of the Saint. The painters Joaquim Vayreda and J. Berga i Boix carried out a technical test which was destined to give work to the students of the School of Drawing of Olot, and which offered them the chance to develop their professional artistic talents.

From this mutual co-operation the first commercial production centre of religious imagery was founded. The site was soon to become a central part in the life of the local population as the business became characteristic of the town's craft activities. In 1880 the business was called Vayreda, Berga y Cía, but the name was changed two years later to become "El Arte Cristiano". Numerous artists, including several internationally renowned sculptors, have passed through the workshops of this company, creating images which have lent prestige to the company name and which have been exported to many countries around the world.

The statues made in paste cardboard wood have the affirmative concession on the part of the Sagrada Congregation of ritus and indulgences, and therefore, the consideration of noble and venerable material, according to consists following document