Vicente Juan Masip (also known as Joan de Joanes) (15071579) was a Spanish painter of the

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period. He is commonly considered the foremost member of the

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n school of painters. Masip was born in La Font de la Figuera. His father was

Vicente Masip Vicente Masip (also Maçip) (1475 in Andilla – 1545 in Valencia) was a Spanish painter of the Renaissance period. His son was Vicente Juan Masip, and his grandson was named Vicente Masip Comes, also known as Vicent de Joanes. Born in Andil ...

( Andilla 1475

1545), and his son was Vicente Masip Comes (–1623), known as Vicent de Joanes, who imitated his style. His two daughters, Dorotea Joanes (died 1609) and Margarita Joanes (d. 1613), were also painters. His most prominent pupil was Nicolas Borras.

Biography

Born in La Font de la Figuera, he is thought to have studied his art for some time in Italy due to

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's influence, with which school his affinities are closest, but maybe he never went to Italy, and he received this influence by the Italian peintures arriving to

. Furthermore, two Italian painters Paolo da San Leocadio and Francesco Pagano, were engaged by cardinal Rodrigo Borgia for painting in

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. Otherwise, the greater part of his professional life was spent in the city of

, where most of the extant examples of his work are now found. All relate to religious subjects, and are characterized by dignity of conception, accuracy of drawing, beauty of color, and minuteness of finish. He died at

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(near

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) while working on an altarpiece in the church there. Since his name Masip made him sound like a laborer (''macero''), he was called ''Juan de Juanes'', so as not to be confused with his father, who was also a painter, and with a similar style. Thus, Masip adopted the

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name of Joan de Joanes. Il may also refer to a surname ''Joanes'' and . Masip painted a Raphaelesque

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for the sacristy in the Cathedral of Valencia. He never painted a profane subject, and emulated

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and

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, in never painting unless he had received holy communion. Painting for him was a solemn exercise, an oratory process, full of prayers and fasts. He never lacked church patronage; the archbishop of Valencia, St. Thomas of Villanova, ordered a set of cartoon panels about the Life of the Virgin to model for some tapestries. He also painted for the churches of the

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, Dominicans, Minims, Augustinians,

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, and for the churches of San Nicolás, Santa Cruz, Carmen Calzado, St Esteban, Corona, Temple, San Andrés, San Bartolomé and San Miguel de los Reyes. He died in

. Among his best works is the ''Immaculate Conception'' painted for the Jesuit church, supposedly inspired by a revelation undergone by the painter's confessor, Father Martin Alberto. Masip also painted portraits.

References

External links

Vicente Juan Masip
at the

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Spanish paintings
in the Museum & Gallery collection in Greenville, SC {{DEFAULTSORT:Masip, Vicente Juan 1500s births 1579 deaths 15th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 16th-century Spanish painters Spanish Renaissance painters Painters from the Valencian Community