Lluís Dalmau was a valencian 15th-century painter who flourished between 1431 and 1460. He was active in

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from 1428 to 1460 and served the

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in an official capacity. In 1431, King Alfonso V sent him to

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to learn the language of realist painting. He made a copy of the ''

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'' by

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and

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; in 1432, this was placed in

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. The next year, he had returned to Barcelona. In 1443, Dalmau was commissioned to paint the '' Virgin of the Consellers'' altarpiece for the chapel of the City Hall, which he completed in 1445; this is perhaps the only known work of his to survive. In 1445, he also painted a

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in the style of Jan van Eyck, which is in the church of San Miguel at Barcelona. BaldiriDalmau

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Painters from Catalonia 15th-century Spanish painters Spanish male painters 15th-century Spanish people Catholic painters {{Spain-painter-stub