Artist: Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667)
Nationality: Spanish
Movement: Baroque
Media: Sculpture, Painting
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Biography:
Alonso Cano was born in Granada but worked in a variety of cities across Spain, including Seville, Madrid, Valencia, and Malaga. He worked as a sculptor, architect, painter, and draughtsman. He was in Seville from 1614 to 1638 studying under painter, Pacheco and sculptor, Montanes. He then moved to Madrid and became the painter to Count-Duke Olivares and restored paintings for Philip IV. Cano also had a history of breaking the law. He was imprisoned for debt, wounded in a fight with a colleague, and accused of murdering his wife. Cano became a priest in 1658 in order to continue working at the cathedral in Granada.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (5)
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Alonso Cano - Christ in Limbo c. 1655 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Spanish
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JosÈ Joaquin Fabregat AL. EXCMO. SE—OR D. ALONSO NU—EZ DE HARO Engraving 1796
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Emilio Beauchy Cano Sevilla. Puerta del Perdon. Cathedral ( Mercy Gate of the Cathedral at Seville) Albumen print from glass negative circa 1882
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Don Alonso Miguel De Tobar (or Tovar) Bartolome Esteban Murillo...fourteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph 17th - 18th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Court of the Dances, Alcázar, Sevilla

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WebMuseum: Cano, Alonso
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alonso Cano
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CVC. Alonso Cano.
Biografía - Cano, Alonso
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Alonso Cano (Getty Museum)

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