A detail of the soldiers in

Saint Dominic presiding over an Auto-da-fe
by Pedro Berruguete.


BERRUGUETE, PEDRO - Paredes de Nava, Palencia (Spain), 1445 - Madrid? (Spain), 1503
Saint Dominic presiding over an Auto-da-fe
1491 - 1499. Oil on panel.
Museo del Prado



Referenced on pp.18-19, Granada 1492 (Campaign Series Number 53) by David Nicolle, 1998
Part of the famous painting of St Dominic presiding over an Auto da Fé, or burning of heretics, by the Spanish artist Pedro Berruguete. The foot soldiers are equipped in southern Spanish Andalusian style, while the horseman is equipped as a light cavalryman a la jinete.
(Prado, Madrid)



See also The Knights panel, altar from Saint Vincent de Fora, Portugal, 15th century
Spanish Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Index of Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers