This painting is among the few known works from Berruguete’s formative years in Florence and Rome, the latter depicted in the background. The bridle bit, the hand on the breast and the laurel wreath allude to the subjugation of the instincts by reason and temperament.
Figura de cuerpo entero, con el niño en brazos; un joven donante arrodillado; fondo de paisaje. En el marco, el escudo. Presenta analogías con tablas vallisoletanas influidas por Pedro Berruguete. Díaz Padrón y Alonso Blázquez lo atribuyen al maestro de don Álvaro de Luna.
This is a large gothic altarpiece. Its central panel depicts the Virgin with Child, and behind them, four angels hold the brocade backdrop while four others play musical instruments. Saint Benedict and Saint Bernard, both of the Bendictine order, stand protecting Archbishop Sancho de Rojas —on whom the Virgin is placing the miter— and King Fernando I of Aragon, who is being crowned by the Christ c