UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Considered Spain’s foremost Renaissance painter, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina (c. 1475–1537) is thought to be the “Ferrando Spagnolo, dipintore” who is recorded as having collaborated with Leonardo da Vinci in 1505 on the (ultimately unfinished) murals of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. During his time in Italy, Yáñez also became acquainted with the works of the most important masters of the High Renaissance, including Perugino, Filippino Lippi, and Michelangelo. Upon his return to Spain in 1506, he became one of the first artists to import the new Italian style.

This spring marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Meadows Museum’s acquisition of the artist’s exquisite panel painting Saint Sebastian (c. 1506), which is widely regarded by specialists as one of the most exceptional creations of the Spanish Renaissance. To commemorate the occasion, the museum presents a technical study of the work by the Kimbell Art Museum’s conservation laboratory. A suite of revelatory photographs display the advanced imaging and material study campaign, and explore the influence of Italian aesthetic trends on Iberian art around the turn of the sixteenth century, with a focus on the innovative technical developments in oil painting that Yáñez absorbed from the most accomplished artists of the High Renaissance.

This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, in collaboration with the Kimbell Art Museum’s Conservation Department. A generous gift from the Mellon Foundation with additional support from The Meadows Foundation has made this exhibition and study possible.