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'''Alonso Cano''' (Granada, 1601 – Granada, 1667), Spanish [[sculptor]], [[painter]], [[architect]], and draftsman, sometimes called "the Spanish [[Michelangelo]]". He studied painting in Seville with Pacheco ([[Diego Velázquez]] was his fellow-student) and sculpture with Montañés, He worked mainly in Granada, Seville and Madrid. | '''Alonso Cano''' (Granada, 1601 – Granada, 1667), Spanish [[sculptor]], [[painter]], [[architect]], and draftsman, sometimes called "the Spanish [[Michelangelo]]". He studied painting in Seville with Pacheco ([[Diego Velázquez]] was his fellow-student) and sculpture with Montañés, He worked mainly in Granada, Seville and Madrid. | ||
| − | The ''Immaculate Conception'', (1655) is sometimes considered his [[masterpiece]]. | + | Alonso Cano designed the facade of the Granada Cathedral (1667), one of the masterpieces of Spanish Baroque architecture [http://www.answers.com/topic/alonso-cano]. |
| + | The ''Immaculate Conception'', (1655) is sometimes considered his painting [[masterpiece]]. | ||
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Alonso Cano (Granada, 1601 – Granada, 1667), Spanish sculptor, painter, architect, and draftsman, sometimes called "the Spanish Michelangelo". He studied painting in Seville with Pacheco (Diego Velázquez was his fellow-student) and sculpture with Montañés, He worked mainly in Granada, Seville and Madrid.
Alonso Cano designed the facade of the Granada Cathedral (1667), one of the masterpieces of Spanish Baroque architecture [1]. The Immaculate Conception, (1655) is sometimes considered his painting masterpiece.