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ALINCBROT, Louis - b. ~1405 Brugge, d. 1460 Valencia - WGA

ALINCBROT, Louis

(b. ~1405 Brugge, d. 1460 Valencia)

Flemish painter (also spelt Allyncbrood). He appeared in the painters’ register of Bruges in 1432, and 1436-37. In Bruges he studied the paintings of Jan van Eyck. In 1437 he moved to Valencia, Spain where he lived until his death in 1460. The Triptych of the Crucifixion in the Prado, which came from the Carmelite convent in Valencia, is attributed to him.

His son Jordi was also a painter, who first studied with his father then went to Bruges.

Scenes from the Life of Christ

The style of the Flemish painters, who brought with them the new technique of transparent oil painting, was adopted by the court of Castile in the second third of the fifteenth century. Among the pioneers of this style was Louis Alincbrot who painted the complex triptych depicting scenes from the life of Christ.

The picture shows the central panel of the triptych which depicts Jesus Debating with the Doctors of the Church, The Road to Calvary, and in the background, The Crucifixion. The left panel depicts The Circumcision, while the on the right has a Pietà, with the sarcophagus for Christ’s burial in the background.

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