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Nuestra Señora de Gracia y los grandes maestres de Montesa by Antoni Peris

Nuestra Señora de Gracia y los grandes maestres de Montesa

Antoni Peris·1412

Historical Context

Antoni Peris's Nuestra Señora de Gracia y los grandes maestres de Montesa, dated around 1412 and now in the Museo del Prado, is a devotional panel depicting the Virgin of Grace with the grand masters of the Military Order of Montesa, a Valencian military-religious order founded in 1317. The Order of Montesa was established to absorb the Templar properties in the Crown of Aragon after the Templars' dissolution, and such donor panels — showing the order's leaders in humble supplication before the Virgin — were central to its corporate devotional identity. Peris was active in Valencia and represents the International Gothic style as practiced at the Valencian court.

Technical Analysis

Peris employs the gold ground with the kneeling grand masters in their white mantles with the red cross of Montesa arranged below the enthroned Virgin. The scale relationship between the sacred and secular figures follows devotional conventions. Colors are clear and bright in the Valencian Gothic manner.

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Museo del Prado

Madrid, Spain

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Quick Facts

Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
128 × 105 cm
Era
Early Renaissance
Style
Early Renaissance
Genre
Religious
Location
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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