Background
Alonzo Cano was born on March 19, 1601 in Granada, Spain. He was a son of Miguel Cano, an architect and sculptor, and Maria Almansa Pacheco, who was a drawing teacher.
Calle Gran Vía de Colón, 5, 18001 Granada, Spain
From 1652 to 1656, Alonzo served as a canon in Granada Cathedral. Also, he held the post of a chief architect there.
Alonzo Cano was born on March 19, 1601 in Granada, Spain. He was a son of Miguel Cano, an architect and sculptor, and Maria Almansa Pacheco, who was a drawing teacher.
In his early years, Alonzo learned the fundamentals of architecture from his father, Miguel Cano. Moving to Sevilla in 1614, Cano studied sculpture under Juan Martínez Montañés and painting under Francisco Pacheco.
In 1638, Alonzo Cano left Sevilla for Madrid after a duel with the painter Sebastian de Llanos Valdes. In Madrid, King Philip IV appointed Cano a Royal Architect and King's Painter. He was tasked to restore pictures in the British royal art collection, and thus, he came into contact with masters of the sixteenth century Renaissance in Venice. Alonzo's activities as a court painter ended in 1644, when, suspected of the murder of his wife, he had to leave the city. Cano then returned to King Philip IV and successfully solicited a position of a canon in Granada Cathedral in 1652, but some time later, in 1656 he was expelled for misbehaviour. Later, Alonzo came back to Madrid, where he took holy orders and was appointed a chief architect of Granada Cathedral, a position he held until his death.
In Granada Сathedral, Alonzo Cano designed many of the features and decorations of western facade of the facility, but the facade was only erected after his death by his successor Jose de Granados. During the period of his stay in Granada, he completed a series of paintings for the cathedral, illustrating the life of the Virgin Mary. Also, a few months before his death, Cano received the title of Master Builder at the cathedral.
Maria
Noli Me Tangere
San Francisco de Borja (Saint Francis Borgia)
Immaculate Conception
St. John the Evangelist at Patmos
The Virgin and Child
Kings of the Visigoths
Immaculate Conception
The Crucifixion
St. John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Cup
St. Bernard and the Virgin
St. Vincent Ferrer preaching
St. John the Evangelist giving communion to the Virgin
Dead Christ Supported by an Angel
Inmaculate Conception
St. Isidore saves a child that had fallen in a well
Vision of St. Anthony of Padua
Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of Jerusalem
Ideal portrait of a Spanish King
Descent into Limbo
St. James the Greater
Education of the Virgin