Juan de Juanes

Juan de Juanes (c. 1507–1579), born Vicente Juan Masip, was a painter of the Spanish Renaissance and the son of the painter Vicente Masip. He was born in La Font de la Figuera and spent most of his working life in Valencia, where most of his surviving paintings remain. Whether he trained in Italy is uncertain, but his work stands closest to that of Sebastiano del Piombo. He is usually counted the foremost painter of the Valencian school. Apart from portraits he painted only religious subjects, for the Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans and many other churches in Valencia, and for Archbishop Thomas of Villanova, who commissioned cartoons of the Life of the Virgin for tapestries. His Immaculate Conception for the Jesuit church is among his best works. His son Vicente Masip Comes and his daughters Dorotea and Margarita also painted. He died at Bocairent while working on an altarpiece for its church. Two works here: Martyrdom of St. Stephen and Última Cena.