Nuno Gonçalves

Not to be confused with Nuno Miguel Gonçalves or Nuno Gonçalves (footballer).
Nuno Gonçalves
Effigy of Nuno Gonçalves in the Monument of the Discoveries, in Lisbon, Portugal
Known forRenaissance art
Notable workSaint Vincent Panels
MovementPortuguese Renaissance
PatronsAfonso V of Portugal

Nuno Gonçalves (c. 1425 – c. 1491, fl. 1450–71) was court painter to Afonso V of Portugal from 1450 to 1471. Gonçalves is widely considered the most accomplished Portuguese painter of the 15th century. His surviving masterpiece is the polyptych known as the Saint Vincent Panels.

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