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De oratorio portátil para la meditación a instrumento de afirmación religiosa: Juan López de Segovia y el Tríptico del Salvador de Antoniazzo Romano en el Museo del Prado

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    Statement of Responsibility:
    Caballero Escamilla, Sonia
    Main Author:
    Caballero Escamilla, Sonia

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
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    text (article)
    Published:
    2021
    In:
    Specula: Revista de Humanidades y Espiritualidad ISSN 2697-2484 Nº. 2, 2021, pags. 267-296
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    In this paper we make known, for the first time, the name of the person who commissioned the Triptych of El Salvador of The Prado Museum, which is attributed to the Italian painter Antoniazzo Romano: Juan López, the dean of the cathedral of Segovia; and the last recipient of the painting: Tomás de Torquemada, the general inquisitor. The documental research and an exhaustive analysis of the painting have allowed us to know some data that were unpublished until now. Juan López de Segovia was born in a family of convert Jews, and he became a renowned canonist at Salamanca University, during the episcopate of Juan Arias Dávila. Finally settled in Rome, he reached the position of apostolic protonotary. Despite being an important member of the Roman Curia, his career was marked by his convert origins. He commissioned the Triptych of El Salvador to Antoniazzo Romano, a painter specialized in copying and recalling ancient Byzantine icons, who became the preferred artist of Spanish clerks settled in Rome, and the best interpreter of the religious reformation that intended to recover the past values. The study of images and texts, along with the analysis of the documents, have allowed us to probe the use of this oratorio, not only as a support of prayer or spiritual meditation, but also as a strong instrument of religious affirmation, at a time when the possession of religious images could avoid suspicions of crypto-Judaism.


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