Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary
Master of Altura |
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| L.C. Name | Master of Altura, active approximately 1450 | ||||||||
| Dates | op.c.1450 | ||||||||
| Region(s) | Valencia | ||||||||
| Notes | The inscription AVALLS on a painting ascribed to this master has led to speculation that his family name is Valls, although no documentation for a painter of that name with a given name beginning with A has been traced. | ||||||||
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| Created | EG |D 1994 06 22 |T 11:14:11 | ||||||||
| Created | EG |D 1994 06 22 |T 11:14:11 | ||||||||
| Bibliographic Sources | |
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| Aldana Fernández, 1970 (Maestro de Altura, second half of 15th cent.). source | |
| Azcárate [y Ristori], 1990, p.360 [no dates given]. source | |
| Camón Aznar, 1966, p.450 (possibly an artist whose family name was Valls). source | |
| Gudiol Ricart, Pintura gótica, 1955, pp.235, 250 (second half 15th cent.). source | |
| Historia del arte valenciano, v.2, 1988, p.252 (possibly named Antoni? or Andreu? Valls). source | |
| London, Witt, 1978 (op.15th cent.). source | |
| Pérez Sánchez, Arte, 1985, p.216 (op. second half of 15th cent.). source | |
| Post, v.6, 1935, p.128 (Altura Master). source | |
| Thieme-Becker, v.37, 1950. source | |
| Valencia, Museo [cat.], 1955, p.325 (first half of 15th cent.). source | |