Pedro Berruguete

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(b Paredes de Nava, nr Palencia, c. 1450; d Paredes de Nava, c. 1500). Painter. According to some writers, he was painter to the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II, King of Aragon, and Isabella, Queen of Castile, and to Philip the Fair (later Philip I, King of Castile, reg 1506) before his wife, Joanna 'the Mad', became Queen of Castile in 1504. Between 1470 and 1475 Berruguete executed the altarpiece of St Helen (Paredes de Nava, S Juan), which demonstrates his mastery of oil-painting techniques. A document of 1477, cited by Luigi Pungileoni in 1822 but no longer traceable, records the presence in Urbino of a 'Pietro Spagnuolo pittore', who could be Berruguete. Thought to have been in Urbino from 1475 to 1478, he may have assisted the Flemish painter Justus of Ghent in the execution of a number of works for Federigo da Montefeltro, including those for the decoration of his library and studiolo in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino. It has been suggested that Berruguete's participation in this work was due to the influence of one of his relatives, a Dominican friar in Florence. He may, alternatively, have gone to Italy specifically to join Justus of Ghent's team. Paintings sometimes attributed to Berruguete in Urbino include some of the 28 works forming the series of Portraits of Famous Men (Urbino, Pal. Ducale; Paris, Louvre) for the studiolo, Federigo da Montefeltro, his Son Guidobaldo and Others Listening to a Discourse (London, Hampton Court, Royal Col.; see JUSTUS OF GHENT, fig. 2) and Federigo da Montefeltro and the Order of the Garter (Urbino, Pal. Ducale). In addition, the series of works depicting the Liberal Arts (Berlin, Kaiser-Friedrich Mus., destr.; London, N.G.) are sometimes attributed to him. Also while in Italy he is thought to have painted the Dead Christ with Angels (Milan, Brera) and St Sebastian (Urbino, Pal. Ducale) and to have worked on Piero della Francesca's Brera Altarpiece (Virgin and Child; mid-1470s; Milan, Brera), painting the hands of Federigo and perhaps his helmet.

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Self-portrait.

Federico da Montefeltro with his son Guidobaldo (c. 1475).

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Pedro Berruguete (c. 1450 – 1504) was a Spanish painter; his art is regarded as a transitional style between gothic and Renaissance. Born in Paredes de Nava, Spain, he went to Italy in 1480 and worked in Federico III da Montefeltro's court in Urbino, where he could see some works by Melozzo da Forlì. Here he painted the Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro with His Son Guidobaldo (c. 1475), now at the Galleria nazionale delle Marche.

He came back to Spain in 1482 and painted in several cities, such as Sevilla, Toledo and Ávila. He was the father of an important sculptor, Alonso Berruguete, considered the most important sculptor in Renaissance Spain. Furthermore, Pedro Berruguete painted famous paintings of the inquisition.

Sources

• Brown, Jonothan (1991).The Golden Age of Painting in Spain. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-4760-6
• Campbell, Gordon (2003) "Berruguete, Pedro (c. 1450-c. 1500)" The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Oxford University Press, Oxford;
• Chilvers, Ian and Osborne, Harold (eds.) (1988) "Berruguete, Pedro (d. 1504)" The Oxford Dictionary of Art Oxford University Press, Oxford;
• Langmuir, Erika and Lynton, Norbert (2000) "Berruguete, Pedro (d. 1504)" The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists Yale University Press, New Haven, CT;
• Osborne, Harold (ed.) (1970) "Berruguete, Pedro (d. c. 1503)" The Oxford Companion to Art Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England;
• Myers, Bernard S. (ed.) (1969) "Berruguete, Pedro" McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art McGraw-Hill, New York;
• Parry, Melanie (ed.) (1997) "Berruguete, Pedro (1450-1504)" Chambers Biographical Dictionary Sixth edition, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, New York

External links

• Pedro Berruguete at the Web Gallery of Art
• http://www.pedroberruguete.com - A Spanish language website established on the fifth centennial of his death in 2004; however, it is no longer extant. It may be viewed at Web Archive with available images starting at page 89.

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