Biography

It was Post (1947) who dubbed this artist the “Master of Osma” because of the paintings he created in the cathedral of Burgo de Osma (Soria). He believed that the artist came from the Guadalajara or Toledo area and had been a pupil of the Master of the Lunas. He also dated the artist’s active period to the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The paintings (Díaz Padrón, 1979; García Hernández, 2000) by the Master of Osma are scattered among various museums and institutions. See, for example, the following: Assumption of the Virgin at the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid; Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Bernardino of Siena at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid (Padrón, 1987); Altarpiece of Saint Michael ( Martín González, 1973) at the Diocesan Museum, Valladolid; and Virgin and Child at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

Bibliography

• DÍAZ PADRÓN, Matías (1979): "Nuevas pinturas del Maestro de Osma", vol. 52, nº 207, Archivo Español de Arte, pp. 343-346.
• GARCÍA HERNÁNDEZ, Francisca Azucena (2000): "El Maestro de Osma: aportaciones técnicas", en I Semana de estudios históricos de la Diócesis de Osma-Soria, coordinado por Teófilo Portillo, Diputación Provincial de Soria, Soria, pp. 261-274.
• MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, Juan José (1973): "Retablo de San Miguel, del Maestro de Osma", vol. 39, Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología: BSAA, pp. 453-459.
• POST, Chandler Rathfon (1947): A History of Spanish Painting, vol. 9 (The Beginning of the Renaissance in Castile and Leon), nº 2, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts), pp. 669-696.
• SILVA MAROTO, Pilar (2007): "Obras para la devoción privada en Castilla a fines del siglo XV: El Maestro de Osma", en In sapientia libertas: escritos en homenaje al profesor Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.