El secreto de los flamencos

Synopsis of El secreto de los flamencos

«El secreto de los flamencos» is a historical novel by Federico Andahazi, published by Planeta in paperback, with 228 pages, in Spanish.

In the 15th century, the murder of the young painter Pietro de la Chiesa unleashes an intrigue between Italian painters, masters of perspective, and the Flemish school, which dominates the mixing of pigments. The novel speculates whether Pietro was close to uniting form and content, and combines the criminal enigma with a baroque, sensual prose indebted to Borges.

For readers of historical fiction and mysteries set in Renaissance art, with an interest in Italian and Flemish painting.