Alonso de Covarrubias
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File:Fachada de Covarrubias..jpg
Alcázar of Toledo. Main façade.
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Born | Alonso de Covarrubias 1488 Torrijos, Spain |
Died | 1570 (aged 82) Toledo |
Nationality | Spanish |
Known for | Architecture, Sculpture |
Notable work | Tavera Hospital Toledo Cathedral Alcázar of Toledo Castillo de Canales Recas |
Movement | Plateresque, Spanish Renaissance |
Alonso de Covarrubias (Torrijos, Toledo 1488 – 1570) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo.
Works
Covarrubias works includes:
His first work was associated with Antón Egas and Juan Guas, in a style the transition between late gothic and Plateresque. In the first years of his career he worked principally as a sculptor.
First works as architect:
- At Sigüenza Cathedral, he is credited with designing the retables of Saint Librada and Fadrique de Portugal, influenced by Francisco de Baeza (1515).
- In the Hospital de Santa Cruz (Toledo): the courtyard and the plateresque stairway.
- In 1532 worked in the sacristy of Sigüenza Cathedral.
In Toledo:
- In 1534 he was named superintendent of the building program at Toledo Cathedral where planned the New Kings chapel.
- In 1537 Covarrubias and Luis de Vega were named architects of the Alcázar. Covarrubias built the main façade and the courtyard.
- (1541- ) Designed and built the Tavera Hospital (Hospital de Tavera), one of his principal buildings.
- 154_ The façade of Episcopal palace of Toledo
- Rebuilt the Puerta de Bisagra Nueva.
Other important Works:
- In the 1530s built the cloister of the Lupiana Monastery.
- He also worked in the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares where he built the façade and the lost courtyard.
Gallery
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CatedralSiguenza.jpg
Retables of Santa Librada and Fadrique de Portugal. Sigüenza Cathedral.
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PanLupianacopia1.jpg
Lupiana monastery. Cloister.
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Toledo - Palacio de Tavera - Fachada.JPG
Toledo – Hospital Tavera. Toledo.
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Hospital de la Santa Cruz.jpg
Hospital of the Holly Cross. Toledo.
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Toledo Puerta Bisagra 1.jpg
Puerta Bisagra. Toledo. New Bisagra gate.
Sources
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