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Artists›Alonso Cano

Alonso Cano

1601–1667

WA-00021883

Granada

PaintingBaroque

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ378783

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5 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge + Artsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%✓

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378783
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Baroque

Medium

Painting

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

The Death of St. Joseph

1766 · Engraving

sheet: 11 x 14 15/16 in. (28 x 38 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Resurrected Christ and Lamb of God (verso)

1666 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash

Sheet: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Christ Holding a Chalice and Cross (recto)

1666 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on laid paper

Sheet: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Christ Holding a Chalice and Cross (recto); Resurrected Christ and Lamb of God (verso)

1666 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash

Sheet: 19 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching

1660 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on buff paper (somewhat darkened)

sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching

1660 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on buff paper (somewhat darkened)

sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (14.3 x 11.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Christ on the Mount of Olives (recto); Study of a Cypress (verso)

1640 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink, and black chalk; verso: since it is lined with Japan paper and thus the design is indistinct; black chalk (?)

Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (13.4 x 17.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christ on the Mount of Olives (recto); Study of a Cypress (verso)

Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (13.4 x 17.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Infant Adoring the Trinity

1621 · Pen and brown ink and red chalk and brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray wove card

22.6 × 34.7 cm (8 15/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

1601 · Pen and dark brown ink over black chalk underdrawing. Composition outlined in black chalk, and in dark brown ink (seeped onto sheet from the outlines on the secondary paper support. On off-white paper

5-3/4 x 4-3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

1601 · Pen and medium brown ink over traces of black chalk underdrawing on cream paper. Lightly foxed. Composition outlined with pen and medium brown ink. Lined with a strip of paper showing at bottom

6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

1601 · Black chalk on off-white paper. On lower left traces of unrelated lines in pen and dark brown ink

5-3/4 x 5 in. (14.6 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virgin Interceding for Those in Purgatory

5-3/4 x 4-3/8 in. (14.6 x 11.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Angels Ministering to St. Sebastian

1601 · Black chalk on off-white paper. On lower left traces of unrelated lines in pen and dark brown ink

5-3/4 x 5 in. (14.6 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Madonna and Child [?]

1600 · Pen and dark brown ink on tan paper. Paper cut in an oval shape

3-7/16 x 2-13/16 in. (8.7 x 7.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madonna and Child [?]

1600 · Pen and dark brown ink on tan paper. Paper cut in an oval shape

3-7/16 x 2-13/16 in. (8.7 x 7.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

17 published of 17 catalogued · 11 with image

The Met
13 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Christ Holding a Chalice and Cross (recto)
1666 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Resurrected Christ and Lamb of God (verso)
1666 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Christ Holding a Chalice and Cross (recto); Resurrected Christ and Lamb of God (verso)
1666 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

9 assets

Granada Placa dedicada a Alonso Cano en la catedral de Granada 01

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Inmaculada Concepción Alonso Cano (destruida 1936)

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Alonso Cano Die Muttergottes erscheint dem hl. Antonius 993 Bavarian State Painting Collections

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Relationships

Movements1

Baroque

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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