A SEVILLIAN BED FOR THE BARON OF PETRAPESIA: MASTERPIECE OF THE PAINTERS GONZALO DE FLORES AND HERNANDO DE ALCALÁ

Abstract

The study of the cultural relations between Seville and Italy during the Modern Age, lead us to the discovering of a contract in the Archivo Histórico Provincial of the city, which show the agreement between Matteo Barresi, a Sicilian baron, and two painters, nearly unknown until this moment, Gonzalo de Flores y Hernando de Alcalá, for the realization of the decoration of four panels of canvas for a bed. The result gives us not only a sort of news about the artistic and social environment of Seville during the Charles V’s wedding time, but also new information about the Italian nobleman biography.