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Virgin of the Councillors Lluís Dalmau, 1445
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Virgin of the Councillors

Lluís Dalmau · 1445

Why it's great

Mary and the baby Jesus sit on a throne with angels while a group of city councillors from Barcelona kneel beside her. Lluís Dalmau painted it in 1445, and the councillors are painted like real people.

Where to see it

📍 Museu Nacional d'Art de CatalunyaMontjuïc, Spain

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About the artist

Lluís Dalmau

1429–1461 · born in Valencia · died in Barcelona

Lluís Dalmau was a painter from Valencia, born around 1429, who went to Flanders in 1431 and learned the style of Jan van Eyck. He brought that style to Spain. He died in about 1461.

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