Biography

The Master of San Ildefonso was a painter active in the last quarter of the 15th century in Castile (Post, 1933; Gudiol Ricart, 1955; Silva Maroto, 2007). His name comes from one of the paintings he executed: the Imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso, now in the Louvre Museum. His works are characterized by a meticulous attention to detail, the use of intense colors and a remarkable realism in the representation of the characters and their clothing. Regarding his style, he has been related to the Master of Avila and Sancho de Zamora. Some of the works attributed to the Master of San Ildefonso are scattered in museums and national and international institutions. See, for example: Adoration of the Infant Jesus (Detroit Institute of Arts) or St. Paul and St. James the Elder (Statens Museum for Kunst).

Bibliography

• GUDIOL RICART, José (1955): Pintura gótica (Ars Hispaniae, vol. IX), Editorial Plus-Ultra, Madrid, pp. 337-338.
• POST, Chandler Rathfon (1933): A History of Spanish Painting, vol. 4 (The Hispano-Flemish Style in North-Western Spain), nº 2, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts).
• SILVA MAROTO, Pilar (2007): "Pintura hispanoflamenca castellana. De Toledo a Guadalajara: el foco toledano", en La pintura gótica durante el siglo XV en tierras de Aragón y en otros territorios peninsulares, Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza, Institución "Fernando el Católico", Zaragoza, pp. 299-334.