Fernando (or Hernando) Yáñez de la Almedina, born in Almedina,

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in ''c''. 1475 and died in

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in 1536, was a Spanish painter. He was one of the most important early

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painters in

. Of supposed ''

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'' origin, he travelled to

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to study

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, and in the process became familiar with the work of

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. After returning to

, he collaborated with

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on many works.Richard B. Wernham
''The New Cambridge Modern History''
page 169.

References

In Spanish

* Pedro Miguel Ibáñez Martínez,
Fernando Yáñez de Almedina
' (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, 1 January 1999) * Museo Nacional del Prado
"Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina"
Year of birth unknown 1536 deaths 15th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 16th-century Spanish painters Spanish Renaissance painters Catholic painters {{Spain-painter-stub