Roundtable about a great Spanish Sculptor: Berruguete

1. ALONSO BERRUGUETE
(1485-1561)
Victoria Sánchez & Miriam Grande
Checked by Silvia López

2. Alonso González de
Berruguete (Alonso
Berruguete) (c. 1488 –
1561) was a Spanish
painter, sculptor and
architect. He is
considered to be the
most important
sculptor of the
Spanish Renaissance,
and is known for his
emotive sculptures
depicting religious
ecstasy or torment.
Worship of the Three Wise Men,
sculpture in polychromed wood, part
from the altarpiece of St. Benedict
monastery, in Valladolid (Spain),
actually exposed in the Museo
Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid

3. Born in the town of
Paredes de Nava,
Berruguete studied
art under the tutelage
of his father, the
painter Pedro
Berruguete. Following
his father's death in
1504, Berruguete
travelled to Italy to
continue his study of
art, spending most of
his time in Florence
and Rome. It is here
that he studied
sculpture under the
Italian master,
Michelangelo..

4. Choir stalls at the
Cathedral of Toledo
Berruguete returned to Spain
in 1517, and in 1518, was
appointed to the position of
court painter and sculptor by
Charles V of Spain. From this
point in his career forward,
Berruguete concentrated on
sculpture. Works of his
include an altarpiece at the
Irish college in Salamanca
(1529–1533), choir stalls at
the Cathedral of Toledo
(1539–1543) and a tomb for
the Archbishop of Toledo Juan
de Tavera at the hospital that
Tavera founded, the hospital
of St. John the Baptist in
Toledo (1552–1561).