Artist
Maestro de Perea
Maestro de Perea is an Italo Byzantine artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museo del Prado.
This Spanish painter, active around 1500, left behind quiet, gold-leaf altarpieces for parish churches. *The Visitation*—a scene where Mary meets her pregnant cousin Elizabeth—sits in soft folds of reds and blues, with halos like beaten metal. The figures stand close under a low sky, their faces calm but not stiff; the gold background glows like candlelight in a dark chapel. Tap *The Visitation* to see how one artist kept a sacred moment human.
Works by Maestro de Perea
Collections represented
Museum
The Museo del Prado, officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th…