Arnao de Vergara (probably born in Burgos around 1490, deceased around 1557) was a 16th-century

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. Between 1525 and 1536 he produced several windows for

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, many of which survive, before later moving to

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He is the son of the master glassmaker

Arnao de Flandes Arnao de Flandes (literally ''Arnao of Flanders'') or Arnao de Flandes the Elder was a master glassmaker born in Flanders at an unknown date in the second half of the 15th century. He is believed to have moved to Spain between 1480 and 1490 and set ...

, who settled in

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between 1480 and 1490. He is the brother of Arnao de Flandes and Nicolás de Vergara el Mozo. With his brother Arnao, they worked at their father's atelier. Arno de Vergara worked on the

and the

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from 1525 to 1538, and on the

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from 1935 to 1937. His stained glass work also included the

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, the Casa Real's baths in the

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, the Monasterio de San Jerónimo.

* Nicolás de Vergara el Mozo *

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