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Nuno Gonçalves (c. 1425 – c. 1491, fl. 1450–71) was a Portuguese artist whose work initiated the Portuguese Renaissance in painting. He was court painter for Afonso V of Portugal from 1450 to 1471, and in 1471 he was appointed the official painter for the city of Lisbon.
Nuno Gonçalves (flourished 1450–72) was a Portuguese painter recognized as one of the genuine masters of the 15th century. After the discovery in 1882 of the only extant work certain to be his—the altarpiece for the convent of São Vicente—he was, after 400 years of anonymity, finally acknowledged as the founder of the Portuguese school ...
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Nuno Gonçalves was a 15th-century Portuguese court painter for King Afonso V of Portugal. He is credited for the painting of the Saint Vincent Panels (Paineis de São Vicente de Fora). The panels depict the main elements of Portuguese society in the 15th century: clergy, nobility and common people.
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Nuno Gonçalves foi um pintor português do século XV. A elaboração da sua biografia não é fácil, considerando a escassez de elementos concretos. Podemos admitir que tenha nascido entre 1420 e 1430. O seu nome foi registado em 1450 como pintor da corte de Afonso V, mas nenhum trabalho inequivocamente seu sobreviveu até hoje.
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The Saint Vincent Panels, or the Adoration of Saint Vincent panels, are a polyptych consisting of six panels that were perhaps painted in the 1450s. They are attributed to the Portuguese painter Nuno Gonçalves, who was active from 1450 to 1471.
Quick Reference. (documented 1450–71). Portuguese painter, first recorded in 1450, when he was appointed court painter by Alfonso V. No works certainly by his hand survive, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that he was responsible for the St Vincent polyptych ( c .1460–70, Mus. Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon), the outstanding ...
