PEDRO ORANTE. An itinerant artist in the Spain of the Golden Age gathers a total of 56 construction, of them 46 They are the work of Pedro Orrente, They are accompanied by pieces of El Greco, Francesco Bassano or Paolo de Veronese, As influential artists in the painter's work, as well as works by the Valencians Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, Francisco and Juan Ribalta. In addition to the great collection that this artist has the MUBAV, works are exhibited from 17 Spanish institutions, Like the Prado Museum, the National Library of Spain, National Heritage, The Royal Monastery of El Escorial, In addition to the museums of Fine Arts in Bilbao and Murcia, of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, of the National Museum of Art of Catalonia and the Museum of Santa Cruz of Toledo. Numerous ecclesiastical institutions have also lent work by Orrente, València has arrived from the Church of San Juan del Hospital, In addition to the piece of El Greco of the Patriarch College. In the selection the great altar paintings stand out. According to José Redondo, "around 1614, With some 35 years, The painter reaches a first artistic maturity. In that year the ‘martyrdom of San Sebastián’ of the Cathedral of Valencia, which has been restored by the IVCRI for the exhibition, and in 1616 The ‘Milagro de Santa Leocadia’ of the Toledo Cathedral, a piece that has not been exhibited for more than 50 years". Redondo has pointed out that "these are the most important paintings of its production and are also two of the masterpieces of Spanish painting of the Golden Age".
The exhibition is articulated around seven spaces that review the artist's trajectory, From the authors who influenced him, Until the importance of drawing, going through different creative stages that allow recognizing the true mastery of the author. Nasal, Beyond his best -known facet as a popular biblical scenes painter – His hyperrealist animals were of enormous quality – He is able to develop a complex artistic line as can be seen in his altar paintings. Besides, He was the first author of the Baroque to cultivate the genre of the Venetian influence landscape and the great painter of the genre of the night of the Spanish Baroque, Of those who give the exhibition. The sample also allows discovering the painter's skill in the drawing. So, The last part of the exhibition brings together a selection of 15 Drawings mainly from the National Library, Among those highlighted ‘David with Goliath's head’.
