Artworks
Saint Bartholomew
Provenance
Rafael García Palencia, Madrid art market, before 1941; Rodríguez-Bauzá collection, Madrid; private collection, Madrid.
Acquired by the Meadows Museum, Dallas.
This panel originally formed part of the Altarpiece of Saints Martin, Nicholas and Bartholomew, a now-dismembered ensemble painted around 1500. In his study of the work, Alberto Velasco González places it within the late career of Domingo Ram and discusses the participation of his workshop in Calatayud.
Saint Bartholomew holds the knife of his martyrdom and an open book, while restraining a chained demon at his feet. The richly patterned mantle, gilded background and tiled pavement reflect the visual language of late Gothic painting in Aragon. Four other compartments from the same altarpiece are preserved in the Museo de Pontevedra.