In wood with polychrome and fine gilding of origin very good state of original conservation without damage by xylophages Arnao of Brussels fl 1536 1564 Arnao of Brussels fl 15361564 was a Spanish Renaissance sculptor probably of Flemish origin as indicated by his surname although his training and professional activity took place entirely in Spain In September 1536 as a young man he became an apprentice to Damian Forment in Zaragoza working in his workshop for four years From 1545 to 1550 he is documented in the lands of the diocese of Calahorra in the companies of Juan de Beugrant first and of the Guipuzcoan Andres de Araoz later With Beugrant he was able to collaborate in 1545 on the altarpiece of San Vicente de la Sonsierra But at the same time that he was working on the work of Genevilla in 1550 he contracted on his own account the main altarpiece of the church of San Martin de Alberite completed in 1555 when Andres de Araoz was in charge of its appraisal From the workshop established by Araoz in Genevilla also produced an altarpiece for Laguardia and the main altarpiece for Elvillar alava which Araoz took charge of in 1550 in which there is no doubt the intervention of Arnao de Brussels even a year before although his name does not appear in the documentation Provenance private collection of an important lawyer and collector Barcelona