| LC control no. | n 88196995 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Martínez Montañés, Juan, 1568-1649 |
| Variant(s) | Montañés, Juan Martínez, 1568-1649 Martínez Montañés, Juan, 1568-1648 |
| Associated place | Granada (Spain) |
| Birth date | 1568-03-16 |
| Death date | 1649-06-18 |
| Place of birth | Alcalá la Real (Spain) |
| Place of death | Seville (Spain) |
| Field of activity | Sculpture |
| Profession or occupation | Sculptors |
| Found in | Hernández Díaz, J. Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), 1987: p. 19 (b. 3/16/1568) p. 20 (d. 6/18/1649) LC data base, 11-6-89 (hdg.: Martínez Montañés, Juan, 1568-1648) El San Cristóbal de Martínez Montañés, 2008: page 5 (Jaen sculptor Juan Martínez Montañés; born 1568 in Alcalá la Real; died 1649 in Sevilla) Britannica website, March 11, 2020: (Juan Martínez Montañés; Spanish sculptor;: Juan de Martínez Montañés; born March 16, 1568 in Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain; died June 18, 1649 in Sevilla; instrumental in the transition from Mannerism to the Baroque; influenced not only the sculptors and altarmakers of Spain and Latin America but also the Spanish painters of his century; after studying in Granada under Pablo de Rojas (1579-1582), Montañés went to Sevilla (Seville) in 1587 and established a studio that lasted until his death; became known as the “Dios de la Madera” (“God of Wood Carving”) and had 50 years of enormous output and influence; remembered for his wood altars and altar figures covered with polished gold and paint in various colours) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Martinez-Montanes> Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana, 1907-1930: volume 33, page 556 (Juan Martínez Montañés; born March 16, 1568 in Alcalá la Real; died 1648 in Sevilla; Spanish scultptor; parents were Juan Martínez and Marta González) Oxford Reference website, March 11, 2020: (Juan Martínez Montañés; baptized Alcalá la Real, near Granada on Mar 16, 1568; died June 18, 1649 in Seville) <https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100206922> Universidad de Almería website, March 11, 2020: (Juan Martínez Montañés; parents were Juan Martínez Montañés and Marta González; baptized March 16, 1568 in the Parroquia de Santo Domingo de Silos in Alcalá la Real; around 1580 his family moved to Granada; died June 18, 1649 in Sevilla) <http://www2.ual.es/ideimand/juan-martinez-montanes-1568-1649/> |
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