GONZÁLEZ VELÁZQUEZ, Spanish family of artists

Pablo González Velázquez (1664-1727) was an Andalusian sculptor who worked in the Baroque style and in 1702 settled in Madrid, where his three sons were born. There were numerous collaborations between the sons. Luis González Velázquez and Alejandro González Velázquez worked together in Madrid on the chapel of S Teresa (1737-39) in the church of S José, the church of the convent of El Sacramento, the church of El Salvador and the church of the Carmelitas Descalzas; in La Puebla de Montalbán, near Toledo, they worked together on the Ermita de la Virgen de la Soledad (1741-42), for which they executed the main altarpiece and pendentive paintings of Esther, Judith, Rachel and Abigail. The two also often undertook stage designs for the theatre in the Palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid. They collaborated with their younger brother Antonio González Velázquez on the decoration of the church of the convent of La Visitación (now S Bárbara) in Madrid in 1757-58, the church of La Encarnación, the church of the Descalzas Reales, the church of the Salesas Reales, the churches of S Isabel and S Ana and the church of SS Justo y Pastor, Madrid. Antonio was the father of (Zacarías González Velázquez, the architect Isidro González Velázquez (1765-1829), and Castor González Velázquez.




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