Title

St. Martin and the Beggar

Author

Backere, Pieter de

Active in Brussels between 1490 and 1510

Typology

School

Date

Support

Observations

This life-size bronze sculpture group was installed above the portal of the parish church of St. Martin in Valencia. In 1495, Vincent de penyarroja paid 356 lliures and thirteen sous to Domingo Perandreu, a Valencian merchant, for the purchase in Flanders of the bronze sculpture attributed to Pieter de Backere.

Bibliography

• R. Kasl (2014): The Making of Hispano-Flemish Style: Art, Commerce, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Castile, Brepols, Turnhout, pp. 20-21, il. 7.
• X. Company (1991): L'art i els artistes al país Valencià modern (1440-1600), Curial, Barcelona, pp. 266-268.
• F. Pingarrón (1988): "Remembranza sobre el grupo escultótico cuatrocentista del titular de la iglesia parroquial de San Martín de Valencia", Archivo de arte valenciano, vol. 69, pp. 34-42.
• L. A. Mayer (1925): "Eine spätgotische bronzegruppe in Valencia", Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, vol. 59, pp. 307-308.

Locations

• 1495: Church of San Martín, Valencia (Spain)