Vicente Juan Masip called Juan de Juanes
St. Stephen led to martyrdom, c. 1562,
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Stephen or Stephan; traditionally venerated as the first martyr of
Christianity, was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, a deacon in the early
church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by
his teachings. Accused of blasphemy, at his trial he made a long speech
denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him and was
then stoned to death. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee
who would later himself become a follower of Jesus. More on
Saint Stephen
Vicente Juan Masip (La Font de la Figuera
1507 – Bocairent 1579) was a Spanish painter of the Renaissance
period. He is commonly considered the foremost member of the Valencian school
of painters. Born in La
Font de la Figuera, he is said 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.
He never painted a profane subject, and emulated
Luis de Vargas and Fra Angelico, in never painting unless he had received holy
communion. Painting for him was a solemn exercise, an oratory process, full of
prayers and fasts. He never lacked church patronage; the archbishop of
Valencia, St. Thomas of Villanova, ordered a set of cartoon panels about the
Life of the Virgin to model for some tapestries. He also painted for the
churches of the Jesuits, Dominicans, 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. More on Vicente Juan Masip
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