This is a previously-unpublished work constituting a major addition to the corpus of paintings by Vicente Macip, formerly the Master of Cabanyes, one of the proponents of the Renaissance lexicon throughout the Valencian region. The work, whose visual effect is heightened by the use of perspective, its sumptuous wealth of detail and the partially Classicist design of the architectural features, is a perfect match for the known oeuvre of the Valencian master, and is the reflection of a major process combining Flemish tradition with Italianising innovation taking place across the Hispanic territories at the start of the 16th century.

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