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Also Known As Gregorio Fernández
Born c.1576 • Spain
Died January 22, 1636 • Valladolid • Spain
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture

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Juan Martínez Montañés
Spanish sculptor
A Baroque masterpiece
Pedro de Mena
Spanish sculptor
Ordóñez, Bartolomé: marble reliefs
Bartolomé Ordóñez
Spanish sculptor
Coello, Claudio: Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
Claudio Coello
Spanish painter
Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
Michael Pacher: The Devil Presenting St. Augustine with the Book of Vices
Michael Pacher
Austrian artist
Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrović
American sculptor
Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus
Tilman Riemenschneider
German sculptor
Egid Quirin Asam
German architect
Francesco Di Giorgio
Francesco di Giorgio
Italian artist
Jōchō: Amida Myorai
Jōchō
Japanese sculptor
Notke, Bernt: St. George and the Dragon
Bernt Notke
German sculptor
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
The Triumph of the Name of Jesus
Baciccio
Italian painter
Ciro Ferri: Triumph of Bacchus
Ciro Ferri
Italian painter
Baroque chair
Andrea Brustolon
Italian wood-carver
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist
Berruguete, Alonso
Alonso Berruguete
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