spanish renaissance painter nicolás borrás was so impressed by his stay at the monastery, he asked for membership in the order has his only payment. he was born in cocentaina (alicante). he was a pupil of juan de juanes. he is one of the best artists of valencian monastic painting. the hieronymite monks of cotalba called him to paint the greater altarpiece of the church. in this way, he entered in the order. the altarpiece consisted in fourteen tables. there was a sculpture of saint jerome in the middle. in addition, he made other altarpieces for the chapels of the church and the chapterhouse. also he produced paintings for different parts of the monastery. he painted four great linens for the stations of the low cloister. however, the only work conserved in its original place was "the saint supper" painted in fresco. it is placed in what nowadays is known as the oil mill, that originally was the dining hall (refectory). he took the habit in 1575, and professed final vows the following year. he passed the rest of his life painting, leaving twelve altarpieces in the church alone, and spent his own money to hire sculptors and builders for the monastery's embellishment.