Alonso Cano
Paintings
The Vision of St. Benedict of the world and the three angels
Madonna and Child
The Crucifixion 2
The Dead Christ supported by an Angel
Madonna and Child
St. Peter Freed by an Angel
Two Kings of the Visigoths
St. Bernard and the Virgin Mary
St. Isidore and the miracle of the source
The Penitent St. Jerome
The Dead Christ supported by an Angel
The Crucifixion
St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
Drawings
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The Vision of St. Benedict of the world and the three angels
Alonzo Cano or Alonso Cano (19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect and sculptor born in Granada.[1]
Biography
Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of Jerusalem
He learned architecture from his father, Miguel Cano;[1][2] painting in the academy of Juan del Castillo,[1] and from Francisco Pacheco the teacher of Velázquez; and sculpture from Juan Martínez Montañés. As a sculptor, his most famous works are the Madonna and Child in the church of Lebrija (also called Nebrija), and the colossal figures of San Pedro and San Pablo.[1][2]
He was made first royal architect, painter to Philip IV,[1][2] and instructor to the prince, Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias.[1] The King gave him the church preferment of a canon[1][2] of the Granada Cathedral (1652),[1] in order to take up a position as chief architect of the cathedral, where his main achievement in architecture was the façade, designed at the end of his life and erected to his design after his death.
He was notorious for his ungovernable temper; and it is said that once he risked his life by committing the then capital offence of dashing to pieces the statue of a saint, when in a rage with the purchaser who begrudged the price he demanded.[1] According to another story, he found his house robbed after coming home one evening, his wife murdered, and his Italian servant fled. Notwithstanding the presumption against the fugitive, the magistrates condemned Cano, because he was of a jealous temper. Upon this he fled to Valencia, but afterwards returned to Madrid, where he was put to the torture, which he endured without incriminating himself, and the king received him into favour.[3]
After the death of his wife he took Holy Orders[1] as a protection from farther prosecution, but still continued his professional pursuits. He died in 1667. In his last moments, when the priest held to him a crucifix, he told him to take it away; according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, this was because the priest gave the Sacrament to conversos.[1] Probably this version is spurius as many others about his life and temperament.
Works
San Vicente Ferrer (praying)
Virgin of the Olive Tree (1629)
Inmaculada del Facistol (1655–1656) in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Granada.
Virgen of Bethlehem
Bust of Saint Paul
Head of San Juan de Dios
Annunciation
Christ Bound to the Column in the church of the Convento del Stmo. Cristo de la Victoria de Serradilla (Cáceres).
Entrance of the Cathedral of Granada
Saint John the Baptist as a Youth 1634, in the National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid).
"St. Anthony Preaching to the Fish" (1630) [Detroit Institute of Arts
References
Alonso Cano – Catholic Encyclopedia article
"Alonzo Cano", 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Anonymous, "Alonso Cano" in Retratos de Españoles ilustres con un epítome de sus vidas, 1791.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cano, Alonzo". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Alonso Cano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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