Title

Altarpiece of the Gallo Family

Author

Benson, Ambrosius [school of]

?, ca 1495 - Bruges, 1550

Typology

School

Century

Technique

Support

Observations

The altarpiece was commissioned by a family of merchants from Castrojeriz, the Gallo, a branch of whose family had settled in Bruges. Their coat of arms appears at the top of the altarpiece. It was therefore probably painted in Bruges in the 1540s by a disciple of Ambrosius Benson.

Bibliography

• D. Martens (2013): "Un triptyque brugeois de la Renaissace à Castrojeriz (Burgos) et l'influence de la Madone au chanoine Van der Paele en Castille", Quintana, vol. 12, p. 22, il. 1.
• D. Martens (2010): Peinture flamande et goût ibérique aux XVe et XVIe siècles, Le Livre Timperman, Bruxelles, pp. 263-297.
• D. Martens (2010): "El retablo de los Gallo, un ejemplo de mestizaje cultural hispano-flamenco", en De Castrojeriz a Brujas. Mecenazgo en la iglesia de San Juan, Castrojeriz, pp. 155-220.
• C.R. Post (1959): "Una historia de la pintura española (8)", Boletín de la Institución Fernán González, vol. 38, nº 148, pp. 723-724, il. 1.

Locations

• Church of San Juan, Castrojeriz (Spain)