Castilian School. Master close to the Master of Palanquinos. (Circa 1470 - 1500)

Castilian School. Master close to the Master of Palanquinos. (Circa 1470 - 1500)
"Saint Matthias"
Tempera and gold ground on panel. 69,5 x 51 cm.
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.
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.
Bibliography:
- 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)
- Chandler R. Post. Volume VIII, part 2. 1947. Pages. 692, 694
and reproduced in fig. 326.
- Catálogo de la colección de objetos antiguos de Arte de don Álvaro
de Retana y Gamboa, (Catalogue of the collection of former objets d’art belonging to Alvaro de Retana y Gamboa) Madrid, 1922, p. 5.
Provenance: Former Retana collection, Madrid
Private collection, Barcelona