Ayne Bru
Saint Cucuphas
, 1504–7, Ayne BruAyne (Aine) Bru (probably a
Brünn.[3]
In 1502, he was hired to paint the main altar (retablo) in the church of the monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, for which he was paid a staggering wage between 1504 and 1507.
On the central panel, Bru depicted the
National Art Museum of Catalonia
(Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya).
The dog from Bru's painting of Cucuphas' martyrdom was later borrowed by Salvador Dalí for a painting called Dalí Contemplating Nude or Dalí Dalí Dalí.
The vast
countryside that serves as a background anachronistically includes the actual monastery of Sant Cugat. Another panel, depicting Saint George (sometimes identified as Saint Candidus or simply as "Warrior Saint"),[4][5]
was attached to this one. It has been rejoined and is visible at the National Art Museum of Catalonia.
Marcel Durliat believes that though the expressionism in this painting is evidence of a Germanic artistic tradition, Bru's Quattrocento depiction of the standing figures in contemporary dress, as well as other details, indicate that the painter may have lived or studied in Northern Italy before moving to Barcelona.[1]
Gallery
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Saint Candidus
References
- ^ Ciudad de la pintura – La mayor pinacoteca virtual
- ^ Catalana, Escuela (pintura) – CanalSocial – Enciclopedia GER Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Renaissance and Baroque – Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya". Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2006.
- ^ Legislación MCYT – ORDEN ECD/2867/2002, de 31 de octubre, por la que se otorga la garantía del Estado a 122 obras para su exhibición en la Sala de Exposiciones de la Biblioteca Nacional, en Madrid, en la exposición "Pintura y Poesía. Amor y Guerra en...[permanent dead link]
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