Altarpiece of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins

Juan Rexach's Altarpiece of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins, painted around 1468 for the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, narrates the legend of the British princess and her vast company of virgin martyrs who were massacred by Huns at Cologne. Rexach was a leading figure in the Valencian school of painting, producing large-scale altarpieces that combined the ornamental richness of the Spanish Gothic tradition with growing Flemish naturalistic influence.

Rexach's altarpiece demonstrates the Valencian school's characteristic blend of elaborate gold tooling, rich decorative patterns, and increasingly naturalistic figure painting influenced by Netherlandish models.