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Monday, April 25, 2011

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina


Saint Catherine
1505-10
Oil on canvas, 212 x 112 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina (1475? - 1536)
Spanish painter.
He was one of the most important early Renaissance painters in Spain.
Of morisco origin, he went to Italy to study art, in the process becoming familiar with the work of Leonardo da Vinci.
Upon his return to Spain, he collaborated with Hernando de los Llanos on a number of pieces.