GRAND SPRING AUCTION OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, LATIN AMERICAN ART AND FINE WATCHES
Lote 210:
Oil on canvas framed measurements: 280 x 110 cm, canvas only measurements: 190 x 126 cm. Originally from La Mancha. His father, Miguel Cano, was a native of Almodóvar del Campo, and his mother, María de Almansa, was a native of Villarrobledo. In 1587 the couple settled in Granada, where they had eight children. Alonso was the seventh and was baptized on March 19, 1601 in the Church of San Ildefonso. Two of the eight children must have died in Granada, since Miguel Cano only refers to six in his will in 1642. The father was a master assembler and worked with altarpieces, choir stalls and tabernacles. In his work in Granada, he collaborated with artists such as Pablo de Rojas, Bernabé de Gaviria, Diego de Navas, Diego de Aranda, Juan García Corrales and Bautista de Alvarado. According to the historian Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez, the painter Juan del Castillo passed through Granada and noticed the great gifts of Alonso Cano. He then advised his father to take him to Seville, to train him in the arts. Provenance: important private collection from Seville.
