Valencia, 1501 -1551 · From the Gothic altarpiece to the Renaissance

Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth, martyrdom of Agnes and celestial court of thirty-six figures show a Valencian painter capable of uniting clear story, meticulous detail and new monumentality.

Vicente Masip, also written by Macip, was born in Valencia in 1473 and died there in 1551. He was documented as an independent master and altarpiece painter in 1501. His first manner extends the Valencian traditions of the 15th century, but his language evolves through contact with the innovations of the Italian Renaissance disseminated in Spain. For a long time, part of his work was confused with that of his son Joan de Joanes; recent research has given the father a major role in the Valencian artistic transition. The collection brings together three formats and functions. The Visitation and Martyrdom of Saint Agnes are two mondis painted around 1540 - 1545 to crown the side streets of the altarpiece the chapel of Santo Tomâs de Villanueva at the San Julian convent in Valencia. The first compares the embrace of Mary and Elizabeth with that of their husbands. The second shows Agnes after the failure of the pyre, clutching her lamb while the executioner prepares to behead her and the angels bring palm and crown. The little Coronation of the Virgin, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-six figures on only 23 × 19 cm: Trinity, evangelists, prophets, apostles and saints compose an encyclopedic vision of remarkable precision. The small Coronation of the Virgin, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-six figures on only 23 × 19 cm: Trinity, evangelists, prophets, apostles and saints compose an encyclopedic vision of remarkable precision. The small Coronation of the Virgin, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-six figures on only 23 × 19 cm: The Trinity, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-six figures on only 23 × 19 cm: The Trinity, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-six figures on only 23 × 19 cm: The Trinity, painted after 1521, concentrates thirty-

Masip can recount a martyrdom in a circle and bring together the entire celestial court on a tiny table without losing the readability of the gesture.