Valencian School, circa 1430 - 1440

With Galeria Bernat, Madrid;

From whom acquired by the present collector, 2021.

This devotional image of Saint John the Evangelist is iconographically unusual, as relatively few works combine a monumental standing saint with a subsidiary Calvary scene. The panel is hierarchically structured: the Calvary appears above within a gently undulating landscape, while below Saint John is shown full-length before an architectural and ornamental backdrop. The youthful, elongated figure of Saint John together with the extensive use of gold ground with stylized foliate motifs, points to a painter active in the Valencian school in the first half of the fifteenth century. 

We are grateful to Dr. Antoni José i Pitarch, who endorsed the authentication of this painting based on photographs.