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Alonzo Cano or Alonso Cano (19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
, architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 born in Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
. He learned architecture from his father, Miguel Cano
Miguel Cano

Miguel Cano Pacheco was a Spain baroque architect and sculpture born in Almod?var del Campo, father and first master of Alonso Cano, renowned joiner of altarpieces....
, painting from Francisco Pacheco
Francisco Pacheco

Francisco Pacheco was a Spain Painting, best known as the teacher of Diego Vel?zquez and Alonso Cano, and for his textbook on painting that is an important source for the study of 17th-century practice in Spain....
 the master of Velázquez
Diego Velázquez

Diego Rodr?guez de Silva y Vel?zquez was a Spain painting who was the leading artist in the Noble court of King Philip IV of Spain. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait painting....
, and sculpture from Juan Martínez Montañés
Juan Martínez Montañés

Juan Mart?nez Monta??s , Spain sculpture, was born at Alcal? la Real, in the Ja?n .His master was Pablo de Roxas. His first known work, dating 1597, is the graceful St....
. As a sculptor, his most famous works are the Madonna and Child in the church of Lebrija
Lebrija

Lebrija is a city in the Seville , Andalusia , near the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and on the eastern edge of the marshes known as Las Marismas....
 (also called Nebrija), and the colossal figures of San Pedro and San Pablo.






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Alonzo Cano or Alonso Cano (19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667) was a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
, architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 born in Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
. He learned architecture from his father, Miguel Cano
Miguel Cano

Miguel Cano Pacheco was a Spain baroque architect and sculpture born in Almod?var del Campo, father and first master of Alonso Cano, renowned joiner of altarpieces....
, painting from Francisco Pacheco
Francisco Pacheco

Francisco Pacheco was a Spain Painting, best known as the teacher of Diego Vel?zquez and Alonso Cano, and for his textbook on painting that is an important source for the study of 17th-century practice in Spain....
 the master of Velázquez
Diego Velázquez

Diego Rodr?guez de Silva y Vel?zquez was a Spain painting who was the leading artist in the Noble court of King Philip IV of Spain. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait painting....
, and sculpture from Juan Martínez Montañés
Juan Martínez Montañés

Juan Mart?nez Monta??s , Spain sculpture, was born at Alcal? la Real, in the Ja?n .His master was Pablo de Roxas. His first known work, dating 1597, is the graceful St....
. As a sculptor, his most famous works are the Madonna and Child in the church of Lebrija
Lebrija

Lebrija is a city in the Seville , Andalusia , near the left bank of the Guadalquivir river, and on the eastern edge of the marshes known as Las Marismas....
 (also called Nebrija), and the colossal figures of San Pedro and San Pablo. Philip IV
Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV , was List of Spanish monarchs between 1621 and 1665, Sovereignty of the Spanish Netherlands, and List of Portuguese monarchs until 1640....
 made him royal architect and kings painter, and gave him the church preferment of a canon, 1658, in order to take up a position as chief architect of the cathedral of Granada
Granada

Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada , in the autonomous communities of Spain of Andalusia, Spain....
, where his main achievement in architecture was the facade, 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
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
, when in a rage with the purchaser who begrudged the price he demanded. According to another story, his passionate nature also caused him to be suspected of the murder of his wife, and even tortured, though all other circumstances pointed to his servant as the culprit.

After the death of his wife he took Holy Orders
Holy Orders

Historically, the word "order" designated an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and :wikt:ordinatio meant legal incorporation into an ordo....
.

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