A Life of Devotion and Brush In the heart of Valladolid, a city where faith and craft often intertwined, lived Jerónimo Benete. Born to a confectioner, his early years were shaped by the sweetness of his father's trade before he turned toward a more spiritual calling. He was not merely a painter but a Jesuit lay brother, a man whose hands held both the tools of an artist and the symbols of his religious order. This dual identity defin…