Retable of St Anne

religious

This painting was executed in Italy and commissioned by the Catalan Cardinal Alfonso Borgia, then in the service of Alfonso d'Aragon, later pope under the name Callistus III (1455-58). The central panel represents St Anne and the Madonna with St James and Archangel Gabriel. The side panels depicts St Augustine with St Monica and the donor.

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About the Artist

Jaume Baço Jacomart

1411 – 1461

Spanish painter. He enjoyed the patronage of King Alfonso V of Aragon (reg 1416-58) and of his son John II (reg 1458-79). In 1440 he was summoned to Italy by Alfonso, who was laying siege to Naples; he abandoned the work he had in progress and left Valencia late in 1442. He became court painter in 1444 and returned to Valencia in 1446 but left again in 1447 to accompany Alfonso to Tivoli on a military campaign against the Florentines. He is mentioned in Valencia again from 1451 until his death.

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