The Valencian Shadow Valencia, around 1410. A child is born into a family of artisans, a lineage defined by the steady rhythm of manual craft. This is Jaume Baçó, though history will later whisper his name as Baco or Jacomart. His early years are spent within the local Gothic scene, absorbing the rigid, formal structures of Spanish tradition. The air in his studio carries the scent of pigments and wood, a foundation of technical discipline that remains even when his surroundings change. The trajectory shifts in 1442. A summons arrives from Alfonso V of Aragon. The painter leaves the familia…