d. 1415

Francesc Comes was an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Francesc Comes painted in 1400, right when Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter was buzzing with gold-leaf altarpieces. He lined panels with tiny, stiff saints, but his trick was light—he caught it slipping across armor and silk folds like it was real. Look at *Saint John the Baptist, Annunciation, Crucifixion* on the museum wall: the gold halo isn’t flat, it’s hammered thin so the candlelight bounces off it sideways. That’s the detail that makes his work pop.

Works by Francesc Comes

Saint John the Baptist, Annunciation, Crucifixion, Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Collections represented

Museum

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina…