Castilian School. Master close to the Master of... Lot n° 14

Castilian School. Master close to the Master of Palanquinos. (Circa_x000D_ 1470 - 1500)_x000D_ "San Matthias"_x000D_ Tempera and gold ground on panel. 69,5 x 51 cm._x000D_ This panel was mentioned in print for the first time by Post, as being by the Master of Palanquinos and located in the former Retana collection in Madrid._x000D_ In recent years, professor Marc Ballesté, noted in his thesis which is focussed on the paintings in the dioceses of Leon and Astorga, especially on those by the Master of Palanquinos and the Master of Astorga, that this painting is by a Castilian master, close to the Master of Palanquinos and certainly active in the same geographical area, therefore, Leon. _x000D_ We thank Dr. Alberto Velasco for identifying and cataloging this work._x000D_ Bibliography:_x000D_ - Marc Ballesté, De la pintura hispano-flamenca al primer Renacimiento en las antiguas diócesis de León y Astorga: el Maestro de Palanquinos y el Maestro de Astorga, tesis doctoral, Lleida, Universitat de Lleida, 2017, vol. I, p. 119 and 239; vol. II, p. 158, fig. 295. (Marc Ballesté, From Hispanic-Flemish painting to the first Renaissance in the former dioceses of Leon and Astorga: The Master of Palinquinos and the Master of Astorga, doctoral thesis, Lleida, University of Lleida 2017)_x000D_ _x000D_ - Chandler R. Post. Volume VIII, part 2. 1947. Pages. 692, 694_x000D_ and reproduced in fig. 326._x000D_ - Catálogo de la colección de objetos antiguos de Arte de don Álvaro_x000D_ de Retana y Gamboa, (Catalogue of the collection of former objets d’art belonging to Alvaro de Retana y Gamboa) Madrid, 1922, p. 5._x000D_ _x000D_ Provenance: Former Retana collection, Madrid_x000D_ Private collection, Barcelona