MENA, Pedro de (b. 1628, Granada, d. 1688, Málaga) |
St Francis of Assisi1650sWood Sacristy of the Cathedral, Toledo | ||
Pedro de Mena, son of the sculptor Alonso de Mena, was a pupil and assistant of Alonso Cano in Granada. It can be assumed that the St Francis statue executed for the Toledo Cathedral was based on a model by Alonso Cano. Pedro de Mena carried naturalism almost to excess, imposing the image as such upon the sculpture proper.
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