Pedro Berruguete

Pedro Berruguete (c. 1450–c. 1504) was a Castilian painter, born at Paredes de Nava near Palencia, whose work bridges the Gothic and Renaissance styles in Spain. Around 1480 he is thought to have worked in Urbino for Duke Federico da Montefeltro, absorbing Italian Renaissance forms and Flemish technique.

Back in Castile by 1483, he painted in Toledo and Ávila, producing altarpieces and scenes of the early Inquisition for churches such as Santo Tomás in Ávila, and may have established a studio there in the 1490s. Called the first Renaissance painter of Spain, he was the father of sculptor Alonso Berruguete.