The Italian Renaissance in Spain: Machuca at the Prado and Valladolid

19/12/24 - Acquisitions - Madrid, Museo del Prado and Valladolid, Museo Nacional de Escultura - Pedro Machuca was one of the "four eagles" of the Spanish Renaissance, along with Bartolomé Ordóñez, Diego de Siloe and Alonso Berruguete; he was introduced in these terms as early as the 16th century by Francisco de Holanda, a Portuguese painter, architect and humanist, in his 1548 treatise Da pintura antigua. Holanda - who was the subject of an exhibition in 2017 [1]. He saw him as an artist worthy of Michelangelo, Vinci and Raphael. In any case, he helped to spread the Italian Renaissance in Spain.