BERRUGUETE, PEDRO

(c. 1450-1504)

   Spanish painter from Paredes de Nava who in 1477 is documented in Urbino, Italy, working with Joos van Ghent in the ducal palace of Federico da Montefeltro. There he painted the portrait of the duke and his son (1480-1481; Urbino, Galleria Nazionale) and assisted in the decoration of the ducal library and studio. By 1483, Berruguete was back in Spain. His predella paintings of five prophets and King David for the Retablo de Santa Eulalia (after 1483) in the church of the same appellation in Paredes de Nava show his assimilation of the Italian style. The foreshortening of the figures' hands, the naturalistic arrangement of draperies, the voluminous forms, and anatomical details follow Italian precedents.