Where can you see Bartolomé Bermejo in Barcelona?

At the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya: The Resurrection and The Descent of Christ into Limbo. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Bartolomé Bermejo's most famous work in Barcelona?

The Resurrection, of about 1475, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Christ stepping from the tomb over the sleeping guards, in the clear, hard light Bermejo learnt from the painters of the Netherlands.

When and where was Bartolomé Bermejo born?

About 1440, at Córdoba, Crown of Castile. Bartolomé Bermejo died after 1501, at probably Barcelona, Crown of Aragon, aged about 61.

What is Bartolomé Bermejo known for?

One of the first painters in Spain to work in oil as the Flemish did. His Pietà of 1490 is in Barcelona Cathedral. His Saint Michael is in the National Gallery in London. Bartolomé Bermejo was a Spanish painter, of Hispano-Flemish.

Painter, 1440 to 1501

Bartolomé Bermejo

Bartolomé Bermejo painted in oils as the Flemish did, with a jeweller's care for light on armour and glass, when few in Spain did. He moved from city to city, Valencia, Daroca, Zaragoza and Barcelona, and left masterpieces in each.

Born: 1440, Córdoba, Crown of Castile
Died: 1501, probably Barcelona, Crown of Aragon
Movement: Hispano-Flemish
In Barcelona: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Bartolomé Bermejo in Barcelona

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya2 works

The Resurrection
about 1475
Christ stepping from the tomb over the sleeping guards, in the clear, hard light Bermejo learnt from the painters of the Netherlands.
The Descent of Christ into Limbo
about 1475
Christ at the gate of limbo, freeing Adam, Eve and the souls of the just, the crowd of nudes painted with a Flemish eye.

The life of Bartolomé Bermejo

Bermejo was born in Córdoba, but almost everything known of him comes from the Crown of Aragon, where he worked from the 1460s. His Saint Michael, painted for a church near Valencia, is now in the National Gallery in London; his Saint Dominic of Silos is in the Prado.

He settled in Barcelona in the 1480s. His Pietà of 1490, painted for the canon Lluís Desplà, is in the museum of Barcelona Cathedral, and the MNAC has two of his panels, the Resurrection and the Descent into Limbo.

What to know

One of the first painters in Spain to work in oil as the Flemish did
His Pietà of 1490 is in Barcelona Cathedral
His Saint Michael is in the National Gallery in London

Born: About 1440, Córdoba, Crown of Castile
Died: After 1501, probably Barcelona, Crown of Aragon