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Alonzo Cano

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CANO, ALONZO (1601-1667), Spanish painter, architect and sculptor, was born at Granada. He learned architecture from his father, Miguel Cano, painting from Pacheco and sculpture from Juan Martinez Montanes. As a sculptor his most famous works are the Madonna and Child in the church of Nebrissa, and the colossal figures of San Pedro and San Pablo. As an archi tect he indulged in too profuse ornamentation, and gave way too much to the fancies of his day. Philip IV. made him royal architect and king's painter, and gave him the church preferment of a canon. His more important pictures are at Madrid. Cano was notorious for his ungovernable temper.

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