Discovery
Found during the late 1880s in the monastery of Saint Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, they depict Saint Vincent of Saragossa. This polyptych consists of six separate panels of oak wood, painted with oil or tempera.
The only reference that art historians can use to support the attribution of the painter of the Saint Vincent Panels was written in the sixteenth century by Francisco de Holanda. The reference mentions a great work of art made by the painter that is inferred to be these panels. It also is speculated that the father of Hugo van der Goes collaborated in the painting of the panels, but no concrete proof exists regarding that supposition.
The skill of the painter of the Saint Vincent Panels is regarded as the highest peak of Portuguese antique art.
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