Nuno Gonçalves

Nuno Gonçalves (c. 1425–c. 1491) was appointed court painter to King Afonso V of Portugal in 1450, knighted in 1470 and named official painter for Lisbon in 1471. His style shows the influence of Flemish masters such as Van Eyck and Van der Weyden.

His surviving masterpiece is the polyptych of the Saint Vincent Panels, a panorama of Portuguese society. He is regarded as the founder of painting in the Portuguese Renaissance.