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The painter, of Riojan origin, completed his artistic formation with Jean Changenet in Avignon (doc. 1493). When he returned to Castile he worked in Palencia and Burgos. The simplification of volumes [+]
The panel shows three different scenes: in the distance on the left Salome’s dance, and on the right Salome is giving Herodias the Baptist’s head. In the foreground the beheading has already taken pla [+]
This is the left panel of the Altar Piece of the Pietà, Saint Michael and Saint Catherine from the church of Santa María in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza). The painter, originally fro [+]
The painter of this work was a collaborator of the sculptor Gil de Siloe and was familiar with Northern art. John the Baptist, recognisable by his clothing and by the lamb on the book, has been painte [+]
This is one of Bernat’s early works and is very similar to the work of Bermejo in the anatomy, colour and slim proportions of the figures in it -Saint John, the Magdalene, Longinus- as well as the lit [+]
This is by the same artist as The Presentation (P-1257), although it has a more Germanic character on account of it being almost a copy of an etching by Martin Schongauer (c. 1435/50-1491) of the same [+]
After being brought to Iria, in Galicia, by boat -the scene visible in the background of the painting- Saint James’s body was carried in a cart pulled by two bulls. In this painting, Athanasius and Th [+]
The anonymous artist of the six panels (P-705–P710) dedicated to John the Baptist that come from the charterhouse in Burgos is known as the Maestro de Miraflores. The paintings are characterised by si [+]
The painting, which comes from the church of Santa María in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza), is made up of five panels. The central panel represents the Resurrection. On either side of it are [+]
Bearing a sword in his right hand, and a shield in his left, Saint Michael, dressed in red robes, attacks a dragon, the symbol of sin. The upper part of the composition shows three heavenly choirs whi [+]
The Virgin Mary, with the Christ Child on her lap, is worshiped by the Catholic Kings, Isabel (1451-1504) and Fernando (1452-1516), two of their children, and others. On the right of the composition, [+]
This painting is a slight variation of the central panel in the predella of the Don Álvaro de Luna Altar Piece which is in the Toledo cathedral (doc. 1488). Mary, helped by Saint John and Nicod [+]
The painting shows a luxurious domestic interior. The window at the far end contains a stained glass scene of the Anunciation, an allusion to Christ’s incarnation. The Virgin Mary receives the baby Sa [+]
Mary, who is very richly dressed, is holding the Christ child above the altar; Joseph is at her side. Simeon is also in the room, along with some women, one of whom has a basket with two doves in it. [+]
The scene represented in this painting is not one that is usually depicted, and it is of a very similar composition to scenes showing the arrest of Christ, whose precursor John was. The difference is [+]
This painting is by a painter from the parish of San Román in Seville, who also painted the Calvary with a Donor for the city’s cathedral. As a devotional work, meant for personal meditation, i [+]
Ximénez employs a rare iconography for the Trinity here which shows all three figures in human form. God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, seated on a throne, hold Christ, represented as Salv [+]
After Saint James the Greater was beheaded, his followers and disciples took his body to the ship that would take him from Jaffa to Galicia. Behind this scene, Herod Agrippa and his court watch what i [+]
