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Master of Belmonte (active in Aragon, circa 1450 - 1475)
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Master of Belmonte (active in Aragon, circa 1450 - 1475)"Crucifixion"Tempera and gold leaf on panel.50 x 46 cm. We are presenting an unpublished work that constitutes a new addition to the catalog of the Master of Belmonte, one of the most significant painters of the 15th century in the Aragonese region, around the areas of Calatayud and Daroca. Christ occupies the central position in the composition, flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist seated at the foot of the cross. The Golgotha scene is set in a rugged landscape dominated by distinctive mountainous formations topped with clusters of trees beneath a simple blue sky. The work preserves part of its original gilded mazonry. Undoubtedly, this compartment must have once formed the upper section of the central street of the altarpiece to which it belonged.The Master of Belmonte worked in Aragon around 1450–1475, though his identity remains unknown. His artistic personality was established by Josep Gudiol in 1955 based on a set of altarpiece compartments from the church of San Miguel de Belmonte de Gracián (Zaragoza), hence the name used to define this artist, related to the late Gothic lexicon of Flemish descent.Among these panels dedicated to Saint Michael, the Miracle of Mount Saint-Michel (inv. 15948) is housed at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona). A striking full-body depiction of the saint from the same group is now held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (inv. 55.120.2), as well as a Crucifixion recently auctioned by Durán. Arte y Subastas (October 25, 2022 auction, lot 13, sold for €90,000 plus fees).Precisely, the Christ of the panel that we offer bears significant similarities to that of the auctioned work, which justify the attribution together with the important presence in our panel of the characteristic shading and brushwork indicative of the tempera technique.It appears that the Belmonte de Gracián altarpiece featured a predella dedicated to the Passion, although its current whereabouts are unknown and no photographs of its panels exist. However, images do exist of a sub-predella depicting prophets, now in private hands, which may have belonged to the same altarpiece, although we have no certainty in this regard.One of the main works that Gudiol ascribed to the Master of Belmonte was an altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, once owned by the renowned Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983), and which presided over the living room of his residence in Cambridge, USA. It is now held in storage at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. The predella from this set is currently part of an Aragonese collection. The painter’s catalog of works concludes with two panels from an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin: a Virgin and Child with Musician Angels, which was recently on the art market (Jaime Eguiguren, Buenos Aires), and a Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, formerly part of the same altarpiece and is now unaccounted for.Gudiol initially proposed a much broader catalog of works by the artist, but this has since been reduced by Alberto Velasco in his book dedicated to the painter and his oeuvre, which remains the most comprehensive study on the subject to date (Alberto Velasco González, Virgin and Child with Musician Angels: The Master of Belmonte and Late Gothic Aragonese Painting, Buenos Aires, Jaime Eguiguren, 2017). To this catalog, we must now add the Crucifixion presented here, which makes a meaningful contribution to the artist’s known body of work.We thank Dr. Alberto Velasco Gonzàlez for the attribution of the panel and his collaboration in the present cataloguing. At the buyer's request, the aforementioned specialist will be able to make a report on the work in question. Provenance:- Private collection Spain.- Purchased at auction at Sotheby's. Reference Bibliography: - Alberto Velasco Gonzàlez, Virgin and Child with Musician Angels The Master of Belmonte and Late Gothic Aragonese Painting, Buenos Aires, Jaime Eguiguren, 2017.
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Master of Belmonte (active in Aragon, circa 1450 - 1475)"Crucifixion"Tempera and gold leaf on panel.50 x 46 cm. We are presenting an unpublished work that constitutes a new addition to the catalog of the Master of Belmonte, one of the most significant painters of the 15th century in the Aragonese region, around the areas of Calatayud and Daroca. Christ occupies the central position in the composition, flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist seated at the foot of the cross. The Golgotha scene is set in a rugged landscape dominated by distinctive mountainous formations topped with clusters of trees beneath a simple blue sky. The work preserves part of its original gilded mazonry. Undoubtedly, this compartment must have once formed the upper section of the central street of the altarpiece to which it belonged.The Master of Belmonte worked in Aragon around 1450–1475, though his identity remains unknown. His artistic personality was established by Josep Gudiol in 1955 based on a set of altarpiece compartments from the church of San Miguel de Belmonte de Gracián (Zaragoza), hence the name used to define this artist, related to the late Gothic lexicon of Flemish descent.Among these panels dedicated to Saint Michael, the Miracle of Mount Saint-Michel (inv. 15948) is housed at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona). A striking full-body depiction of the saint from the same group is now held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (inv. 55.120.2), as well as a Crucifixion recently auctioned by Durán. Arte y Subastas (October 25, 2022 auction, lot 13, sold for €90,000 plus fees).Precisely, the Christ of the panel that we offer bears significant similarities to that of the auctioned work, which justify the attribution together with the important presence in our panel of the characteristic shading and brushwork indicative of the tempera technique.It appears that the Belmonte de Gracián altarpiece featured a predella dedicated to the Passion, although its current whereabouts are unknown and no photographs of its panels exist. However, images do exist of a sub-predella depicting prophets, now in private hands, which may have belonged to the same altarpiece, although we have no certainty in this regard.One of the main works that Gudiol ascribed to the Master of Belmonte was an altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, once owned by the renowned Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983), and which presided over the living room of his residence in Cambridge, USA. It is now held in storage at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. The predella from this set is currently part of an Aragonese collection. The painter’s catalog of works concludes with two panels from an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin: a Virgin and Child with Musician Angels, which was recently on the art market (Jaime Eguiguren, Buenos Aires), and a Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, formerly part of the same altarpiece and is now unaccounted for.Gudiol initially proposed a much broader catalog of works by the artist, but this has since been reduced by Alberto Velasco in his book dedicated to the painter and his oeuvre, which remains the most comprehensive study on the subject to date (Alberto Velasco González, Virgin and Child with Musician Angels: The Master of Belmonte and Late Gothic Aragonese Painting, Buenos Aires, Jaime Eguiguren, 2017). To this catalog, we must now add the Crucifixion presented here, which makes a meaningful contribution to the artist’s known body of work.We thank Dr. Alberto Velasco Gonzàlez for the attribution of the panel and his collaboration in the present cataloguing. At the buyer's request, the aforementioned specialist will be able to make a report on the work in question. Provenance:- Private collection Spain.- Purchased at auction at Sotheby's. Reference Bibliography: - Alberto Velasco Gonzàlez, Virgin and Child with Musician Angels The Master of Belmonte and Late Gothic Aragonese Painting, Buenos Aires, Jaime Eguiguren, 2017.
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