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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29893" /> == | |||
<p> (surnamed el-Racionero), an eminent Spanish architect, painter, and sculptor, called "the [[Michael]] [[Angelo]] of Spain," was born at Granada, March 19,1601. He was the son of Miguel Cano, an eminent architect, who educated him. He was eight months with Francisco Pacheco, a painter. His works are to be found in all the principal churches and convents of Cordova, Madrid, Granada, Seville, etc. There is a celebrated picture by him, representing a subject from the life of St. Isodoro, in the | <p> (surnamed el-Racionero), an eminent Spanish architect, painter, and sculptor, called "the [[Michael]] [[Angelo]] of Spain," was born at Granada, March 19,1601. He was the son of Miguel Cano, an eminent architect, who educated him. He was eight months with Francisco Pacheco, a painter. His works are to be found in all the principal churches and convents of Cordova, Madrid, Granada, Seville, etc. There is a celebrated picture by him, representing a subject from the life of St. Isodoro, in the Church of Santa Maria, at Madrid. As a sculptor, he executed several fine works, particularly a marble group of The [[Madonna]] and Child, in the great church at Lebrija, and two colossal statues of St. Peter and St. Paul. As an architect, he made, several additions to the palaces; and public gates and triumphal arches were erected from his designs. He died Oct. 5, 1665. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the [[Fine]] Arts, s.v. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70203" /> == | |||
<p> A celebrated artist, born at Granada; surnamed the Michael Angelo of Spain, having been painter, sculptor, and architect (1601-1667). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_29893"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cano,+alonzo Alonzo Cano from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_29893"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cano,+alonzo Alonzo Cano from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_70203"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cano,+alonzo Alonzo Cano from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(surnamed el-Racionero), an eminent Spanish architect, painter, and sculptor, called "the Michael Angelo of Spain," was born at Granada, March 19,1601. He was the son of Miguel Cano, an eminent architect, who educated him. He was eight months with Francisco Pacheco, a painter. His works are to be found in all the principal churches and convents of Cordova, Madrid, Granada, Seville, etc. There is a celebrated picture by him, representing a subject from the life of St. Isodoro, in the Church of Santa Maria, at Madrid. As a sculptor, he executed several fine works, particularly a marble group of The Madonna and Child, in the great church at Lebrija, and two colossal statues of St. Peter and St. Paul. As an architect, he made, several additions to the palaces; and public gates and triumphal arches were erected from his designs. He died Oct. 5, 1665. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A celebrated artist, born at Granada; surnamed the Michael Angelo of Spain, having been painter, sculptor, and architect (1601-1667).
