The Virgin of the Navigators
Alejo Fernández · 1533
Why it's great
Mary spreads her cloak over sailors and explorers, including Columbus, who kneel before her. Alejo Fernández painted it in about 1533 for the house in Seville that organized voyages to the New World.
Where to see it
📍 Reales AlcázaresSeville, Spain
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Alejo Fernández was a Spanish painter born in Córdoba around 1470 who worked mostly in Seville. He painted altarpieces in a style that mixed Gothic and Renaissance, including a famous picture of the Virgin of the Navigators. He died in Seville in 1545.
