Altarpiece of the Councillors

1445 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

religious

Chronologically, the first exponent of the Hispano-Flemish style was Luis Dalmau, a native of Valencia, who must have been born around the year 1400. Though most of his work has been lost, the few paintings that survive are of great significance. In 1443 the City Council of Barcelona commissioned an altarpiece (a large panel and a predella) for the chapel of the municipal council of Barcelona.

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About the Artist

Lluis Dalmau

Catalan painter, born and active mainly in Valencia. He was court painter to Alfonso V of Aragon, under whose patronage he went to Bruges in 1431 to study tapestry weaving. Dalmau's visit to Flanders is the first recorded contact of a Spanish painter with the Netherlandish school, and the only surviving painting certainly by him, the Virgin of the Councillors is clearly inspired by Van Eyck.

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