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OF PAINTING IN SPAIN.
159
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF PAINTING IN SPAIN.
The enterprise and wealth of Spain in the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries attracted artists to its capital both from
Italy and the Low Countries. Following the demand for
pictures which royal patronage and the Church originated,
schools arose in different parts of the country, chiefly in
Toledo, Castile, Valencia, and Seville. The earliest native
artists, most of whom belonged to the priesthood, appeared
at the commencement of the fifteenth century ; Toledo
being perhaps the first spot in which a school was deve-
loped. The earliest names of note, however, are those of
men who lived in the latter half of the fifteenth century.
Two only can be mentioned: Antonio del Rincon (1446-
1500) and Berruguete, the latter beginning to paint in the
commencement of the sixteenth century. Of the former
no works exist in any public gallery, unless a doubtful
'Madonna,' No. 345 in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg,
attributed to him by Dr. Waagen, can be admitted.
Portraits of Ferdinand and Isabella in a dark chapel of the
Cathedral at Granada, ascribed to him, are probably copies
by a later hand.
Berruguete (1480-1561) is best known as an architect
and sculptor : numerous examples of his admirable talent
may be found throughout Spain, especially in marble. No
works are extant in any gallery, although several paintings
by his pupils may be found in that of Madrid, Nos. 2142-8 :
and these doubtless indicate the style of the master.
Vicente Joanes, or Juan de Juanes (1506-79), was a
painter of note at Valencia. Several works are attributed
to him in the Madrid Museum, No. 755, a 'Last Supper,'
being the principal. The drawing and expression are
good : the head of Christ, pleasingly rendered, is repeated
by itself more than once, Nos. 759, 60; and of these he is
Fifteenth
century.
Rincon.
Sixteenth
century.
Berruguete.
Joanes.
159
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF PAINTING IN SPAIN.
The enterprise and wealth of Spain in the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries attracted artists to its capital both from
Italy and the Low Countries. Following the demand for
pictures which royal patronage and the Church originated,
schools arose in different parts of the country, chiefly in
Toledo, Castile, Valencia, and Seville. The earliest native
artists, most of whom belonged to the priesthood, appeared
at the commencement of the fifteenth century ; Toledo
being perhaps the first spot in which a school was deve-
loped. The earliest names of note, however, are those of
men who lived in the latter half of the fifteenth century.
Two only can be mentioned: Antonio del Rincon (1446-
1500) and Berruguete, the latter beginning to paint in the
commencement of the sixteenth century. Of the former
no works exist in any public gallery, unless a doubtful
'Madonna,' No. 345 in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg,
attributed to him by Dr. Waagen, can be admitted.
Portraits of Ferdinand and Isabella in a dark chapel of the
Cathedral at Granada, ascribed to him, are probably copies
by a later hand.
Berruguete (1480-1561) is best known as an architect
and sculptor : numerous examples of his admirable talent
may be found throughout Spain, especially in marble. No
works are extant in any gallery, although several paintings
by his pupils may be found in that of Madrid, Nos. 2142-8 :
and these doubtless indicate the style of the master.
Vicente Joanes, or Juan de Juanes (1506-79), was a
painter of note at Valencia. Several works are attributed
to him in the Madrid Museum, No. 755, a 'Last Supper,'
being the principal. The drawing and expression are
good : the head of Christ, pleasingly rendered, is repeated
by itself more than once, Nos. 759, 60; and of these he is
Fifteenth
century.
Rincon.
Sixteenth
century.
Berruguete.
Joanes.