Anequín De Egas Cueman, a Fleming in Spain

1 This article is dedicated to Professor Georgiana Goddard King of Bryn Mawr College on the occasion of her retirement from teaching in June 1937.

Abstract

Spain was the haven of many northern artists in the fifteenth century. Architects, sculptors, and painters went there seeking employment in a country then rising to the status of a great international power. Flemish art held a pre-eminent position in Europe, and its influence on the art of Spain soon became paramount—not a surprising phenomenon in view of the naturalism inherent in the aesthetics of both countries.² Toledo like Burgos and Seville had her full quota of immigrant artists.