Spanish painting: from medieval masters to the turn of the century, the market for Spanish art is booming--but there are still undervalued areas.(COLLECTORS' FOCUS) Apollo | November 1, 2006| | COPYRIGHT 2006 Apollo Magazine Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Thanks to the country's economic resurgence over the past decade, Spain is almost rapaciously collecting its heritage. With salutary regularity, the government allocates funds for the acquisition of masterpieces from the country's 'Golden Age' of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Prado has just acquired a Juan van der Hamen still life (Fig. 1) for 18m [euro] (the most expensive in a 26m [euro] group of still lifes), as part of a tax deal with the BBVA bank. Although the museum already owns works by Hamen, it had none showing objects placed on surfaces of multiple heights. The ...

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