Fernando Gallego

Fernando Gallego (also Gallegos, * 1440 in Salamanca, † after 1507 in Salamanca). Was a Spanish painter between the late Gothic and early Renaissance

Work

Fernando Gallego was probably influenced during his apprenticeship by the Dutch painting of Dieric Bouts and contemporary German drawing of Martin Schongauer. These influences are reflected in the earliest surviving him work that Ildefonso altarpiece of 1468, which is located in the Cathedral of Zamora. In Salamanco Gallego founded in 1473 a workshop. Of the documented therein orders, the designs are mostly missing, including six triptychs, which he is said to have made ​​1475 for the Cathedral of Coria.

His paintings are characterized by an uneven, often disproportionated design, suggesting strong division of labor. In realistic and highly detailed scenes depicted most effective leaders, sumptuous robes and moved gesticulating bodies are shown. Examples can be found in the Pietà (Museo del Prado, Madrid) and the boards of the Marian triptych ( Diocesan Museum, Salamanca ).

From 1479 to 1493 Gallego made ​​on frescoes for the University Library of Salamanca, where heraldic figures and allegorical allusions to classical mythology can be seen. You and the Blessing Christ created after 1492 by Laurentius altar of San Lorenzo el Real church in Toro (Museo del Prado, Madrid) can be classified in the Italian Early Renaissance.

Gallery

Madonna of the Catholic Kings ( 1490-95 ) Museo del Prado, Madrid

The sky of Salamanca ( 1490 ) University of Salamanca

Blessing Christ ( after 1492 ) Museo del Prado, Madrid