Fernando (or Hernando) Yáñez de la Almedina, born in Almedina, Spain in c. 1475 and died after 1537, was a Spanish painter. He was one of the most important early Renaissance painters in Spain. Of supposed morisco origin, he travelled to Italy to study fine art, and in the process became familiar with the work of Leonardo da Vinci.Babette Bohn and James M. Saslow, A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art, page 117.An Overview of Leonardo's Career and Projects until c. 1500, edited by Claire J. Farago, page 108. After returning to Spain, he collaborated with Hernando de los Llanos on many works.Richard B. Wernham, The New Cambridge Modern History, page 169.
Selected works The Virgin with Child and Little (Infant) Saint John [the Baptist] (1505), held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC Head of Christ (1506), held by the Metropolitan Museum of ArtWikimedia Commons, Head of Christ, accessed on 7 August 2026 Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1510), oil on canvas, held by the Museo del Prado.
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Bibliography (in Spanish)
Pedro Miguel Ibáñez Martínez, Fernando Yáñez de Almedina (Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, 1 January 1999) Museo Nacional del Prado, "Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina"