España y Génova: Obras, artistas y coleccionistas (Spanish Edition)

Stemming originally from the circulation of International Gothic and early Renaissance painting around the Mediterranean, artistic relations between Genoa and Spain were given definitive impetus by the strong political and economic ties that linked the republic to the Spanish monarchy from the mid sixteenth century onwards. Philip IIs sending for a large number of Genoese painters to take part in the decoration of the monastery of the Escorial was one of the first milestones in a long flow of artists, works and materials from Genoa to the Iberian Peninsula over the centuries. This volume brings together a set of recent research papers on the key figures in these age-old links between Spain and Genoa and on the influence in Spain of Genoese works and collections of Italian art brought to Spain by Genoese.