( fl 1330-32). Spanish painter. He executed the wall paintings in the canons' refectory of Pamplona Cathedral in 1330. The painting from the main end wall (6.15*3.76 m; Pamplona, Mus. Navarra; see SPAIN, fig. 11 and GOTHIC, fig. 81) is a rectangular composition depicting the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, with superimposed inscriptions. The Passion scenes are flanked by prophets with phylacteries, and in the lower zone are five minstrels amid the coats of arms of the patrons, including those of Arnaldo de Barbaz?n, Bishop of Pamplona (1318-55), Queen Joanna II of Navarre and King Philip III of Evreux (1328-49), and Gast?n II, Conde de Foix. An inscription records the date of completion (1330), the name of the artist and the fact that 'Don Juan Periz de Estella, Archdeacon of S Pedro de Osun, was placed in charge of the works ... and had the refectory made'. Juan Oliver is again mentioned in documents of 1332 as a painter from Pamplona in the service of the royal house of Navarre. His highly refined style shows the influence of Anglo-French work, and the remains of 14th-century wall paintings in Navarre testify to his influence.
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