The Hispanic Society's Resurrection relief, a Valencian work from the turn of the sixteenth century

The Hispanic Society houses a gilded and polychrome wood relief of the Resurrection, traditionally attributed to the Castilian school of Gil de Siloé (active ca. 1470-1501). In this paper, a recent hypothesis that proposes a Valencian provenance for the relief is explored. We not only accept this assumption, and that it was probably commissioned by a Valencian guild house, specifically that of the master masons, but also venture the theory that it is the work of Carles Gonçalbez, a local sculptor who ran an active atelier in the city of Valencia (Spain) at the turn of the sixteenth century. The piece's characteristics, very similar to those of the sculptor's oeuvre, and its distinctive iconography of the Resurrection, with a kneeling soldier in prayer before Christ resurrected, featuring in many Valencian late gothic paintings, are just some of the aspects that are taken into consideration to flesh out our hypothesis.