Resurrection of Christ

Bartolomé Bermejo's Resurrection of Christ, painted around 1475 and now in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, is by the greatest Spanish painter of the 15th century. Bermejo (meaning "reddish," likely referring to his complexion) was probably from Córdoba and brought an extraordinary mastery of Netherlandish oil technique to Spain. His works display a technical brilliance and emotional intensity unmatched by any other Iberian painter of his generation.

Bermejo's exceptional command of Netherlandish oil technique produces luminous, saturated colors and extraordinary surface detail, with the resurrected Christ rendered with anatomical precision and the guards depicted with vivid, individualized characterization.