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    • URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "San Roque". Oil on canvas.
      Feb. 07, 2023

      URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "San Roque". Oil on canvas.

      Est: €2,000 - €2,400

      URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "Saint Roque". Oil on canvas. Size: 96 x 65 cm; 130 x 98 cm (frame). The image of San Roque was represented by Urbano Fos, who even became known as the "Master of San Roque" before his real identity was discovered. The present work, with the image of Saint Roch as the main subject of the canvas, reveals Fos's qualities and virtuosity as a painter of images of the saint. It shows solid colouring and brushstrokes applied with confidence in the construction of the volumes, which appear in the foreground highlighted by a lateral light evoking a tenebrist style that falls on the figure of the saint and the dog. In the background there is a light mountainous landscape with a wide sky and swirling clouds. The main figure is static, with a lost gaze, ecstatic and absorbed in his thoughts. Urbano Fos's personality and work became known in 1938, when Delphine Darby assigned to the so-called "Master of Saint Roch" a group of works previously attributed to Francisco Ribalta. The most significant of these, the San Roque of the Castellón Town Hall, was later presented as the sure work of Urbano Fos, whom other documents made it possible to link to Pedro Orrente and Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa, whose influences he would have assimilated. In 1635 he was already working in Castellón, where three years later Espinosa and Orrente appraised some paintings he had done for the co-cathedral church of Santa María, one of which could be that of San Miguel and San Roque. In 1648 he was paid for two works executed for the hermitage of the Virgin of Lledó near Castellón: a lost Annunciation and a crucified Christ that is still in place. A year later he is documented as having painted three canvases for the hospital for the apes in Castellón, known as the Casa Blanca, including a Saint Roch. In 1650 he was in Segorbe, working in the Valdecristo Charterhouse on a series of scenes from the life of Saint Bruno. From there he moved to Valencia, where he devoted himself to theology, obtaining the title of doctor and the position of pavorde in the cathedral, as he stated in his will. The document also records the painter's comfortable financial situation and his extensive library, all of which consisted of religious works.

      Setdart Auction House
    • Urbano Fos (Arnés, 1615-Valencia, 1658), Valencian school of the seventeenth century, Saint John the Evangelist
      Dec. 20, 2022

      Urbano Fos (Arnés, 1615-Valencia, 1658), Valencian school of the seventeenth century, Saint John the Evangelist

      Est: €20,000 - €25,000

      Oil on canvas, measurements: 130 x 95, framed measures: 109 x 145 cm. Urbano Fos (Arnés, 1615-Valencia, 1658), Spanish painter, considered Ribaltesque, is an artist ignored by literary sources whose personality and work only began to be known from 1938, when Delphine Darby assigned what she called «Master of San Roch» a group of works previously attributed to Francisco Ribalta. The most significant of them, the San Roque del Ayuntamiento de Castellón, was later presented as a safe work by Urbano Fos, whom it was possible to relate through other documents to Pedro Orrente and Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa, whose influences he would have assimilated. His fully documented works are reduced to two: the aforementioned crucified Christ from the sanctuary of the Virgen del Lledó and a full-length portrait of Archbishop Juan de Ribera painted in 1654 and kept in the College of the Patriarch of Valencia. In them, the Ribaltesque tenebrism appears attenuated by the use of landscape backgrounds that owe more to Orrente, colored in soft shades of greenish gray. His figures, always in a small number, are located close to the plane of the painting and, as is also common in Espinosa's work, in the works attributed to him they are accompanied by complementary scenes on a reduced scale.

      Templum Fine Art Auctions
    • URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "Saint John the Evangelist", 1651. Oil on canvas. New stretcher. It has repainting and small losses of polychromy. It needs cleaning and restoration.
      Nov. 09, 2022

      URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "Saint John the Evangelist", 1651. Oil on canvas. New stretcher. It has repainting and small losses of polychromy. It needs cleaning and restoration.

      Est: €8,000 - €9,000

      URBANO FOS (Tarragona, 1615 - Valencia, 1658). "Saint John the Evangelist", 1651. Oil on canvas. New stretcher. It has repainting and small losses of polychromy. It needs cleaning and restoration. Size: 160 x 100 cm; 168 x 108 cm (frame). The painting presents the standing figure of Saint John, one of the authors of the four canonical gospels that form part of the New Testament and supposed author of the Apocalypse. Saint John is depicted with youthful features, with a beard and brown hair. In this carving, his image is close to that usually adopted by Christ, instead of Saint John, who is normally depicted as a beardless man with short blond hair. Despite this singularity, the figure is perfectly identifiable thanks to the presence of an eagle at his feet. The eagle, a symbolic element in John, like the angel in Matthew, the lion in Mark and the bull in Luke, is taken from Old Testament writings (the visions of the prophet Ezekiel) and from the text of the Apocalypse itself. St John holds an open book in his left hand, which alludes to his status as the author of the Gospel, while in his right hand he holds another attribute, a palm, which alludes to his martyrdom. He wears a long tunic that falls to the ground and crosses in front of his waist, creating a dynamic play of folds. The figure puts one foot forward and bends the knee of the opposite leg, in a counterpoint that adds liveliness and naturalness to the figure. The clothes, moreover, are fluttered by an invisible breeze, in a dynamic play typical of early Spanish Baroque art. The personality and work of Urbano Fos became known in 1938, when Delphine Darby assigned to the so-called "Master of Saint Roch" a group of works previously attributed to Francisco Ribalta. The most significant of these, the San Roque of the Castellón Town Hall, was later presented as the sure work of Urbano Fos, whom other documents made it possible to link to Pedro Orrente and Jerónimo Jacinto Espinosa, whose influences he would have assimilated. In 1635 he was already working in Castellón, where three years later Espinosa and Orrente valued some paintings he had done for the co-cathedral church of Santa María, one of which could be that of San Miguel and San Roque. In 1648 he was paid for two works executed for the hermitage of the Virgin of Lledó near Castellón: a lost Annunciation and a Crucified Christ that is still in place. A year later he is documented as having painted three canvases for the hospital for the apes in Castellón, known as the Casa Blanca, including a Saint Roch. In 1650 he was in Segorbe, working in the Valdecristo Charterhouse on a series of scenes from the life of Saint Bruno. From there he moved to Valencia, where he devoted himself to theology, obtaining the title of doctor and the position of pavorde in the cathedral, as he stated in his will. The document also records the painter's comfortable financial situation and his extensive library, all of which consisted of religious works.

      Setdart Auction House
    • URBANO FOS (Arnes, Tarragona, until 1610 - Valencia, 1658) Saint Roch
      Apr. 27, 2016

      URBANO FOS (Arnes, Tarragona, until 1610 - Valencia, 1658) Saint Roch

      Est: -

      URBANO FOS (Arnes,Tarragona,h. 1610- Valencia,1958) San Roque Oleo sobre lienzo de 98 x 67 cm. Bibliografia: Jose Gomez Frechina,Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. "In memoriam. Semblanza del Prof.Fernando Benito Domenech."en "Ars Longa", nº 21, 2012.pag. 65-66,ilustrado fig. 52Esta obra ha sido tambien atribuida por Joan D. Bautista al pintorVicent Goscalvo en "Més sobre el pintor Vicent Gosçalvo", publicado enMillars, revista del Departamento de Geografía e Historia de laUniversidad Jaume I de Castelló, 2003.

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