Vicente Juan Masip

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Juan de Juanes, mid-late 16th century, Museo del Prado

Vicente Juan Masip (also known as Joan de Joanes) (1507 – 1579) was a Spanish painter of the

Valencian
school of painters.

Masip was born in

Nicolas Borras.[citation needed
]

Biography

Born in La Font de la Figuera, he is thought to have studied his art for some time in Italy due to Sebastiano del Piombo's influence, with which school his affinities are closest, but maybe he never went to Italy, and he received this influence by the Italian peintures arriving to Valencia. Furthermore, two Italian painters Paolo da San Leocadio and Francesco Pagano, were engaged by cardinal Rodrigo Borgia for painting in Valencia Cathedral. Otherwise, the greater part of his professional life was spent in the city of Valencia, where most of the extant examples of his work are now found. All relate to religious subjects, and are characterized by dignity of conception, accuracy of drawing, beauty of color, and minuteness of finish. He died at Bocairent (near Xàtiva) while working on an altarpiece in the church there.[2]

Since his name Masip made him sound like a laborer (macero), he was called Juan de Juanes, so as not to be confused with his father,

Cathedral of Valencia
.

He never painted a profane subject, and emulated

Minims, Augustinians, Franciscans, and for the churches of San Nicolás, Santa Cruz, Carmen Calzado, St Esteban, Corona, Temple, San Andrés, San Bartolomé and San Miguel de los Reyes. He died in Bocairent
.

Among his best works is the Immaculate Conception painted for the Jesuit church, supposedly inspired by a revelation undergone by the painter's confessor, Father Martin Alberto. Masip also painted portraits.

Alfonso V of Aragon, 1557, Zaragoza Museum


References

  1. ISBN 9781860646775
    .
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanes, Vicente". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 421.
  3. ^ "Vicente Juan Masip" (in Italian). Retrieved April 14, 2018.

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