Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo y Fernández (10 February 1669 – 30 June 1725) was a Spanish architect of the
Baroque period, author of the Sancta Sanctorum (sacristy) in the
Granada Charterhouse
Granada Charterhouse ( es, Cartuja de Granada) is a Carthusian monastery in Granada, Spain. It is one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque architecture.
The charterhouse was founded in 1506; construction started ten years later, and conti ...
. He was born and educated in
Priego de Córdoba
Priego de Córdoba is a town and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It lies on the southeasternmost end of the province of Córdoba, near the headwater of the Guadajoz, and on the northern slope of the Sierra ...
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During his youth, Hurtado Izquierdo served in the Spanish royal army and may have visited Sicily, which was under Spanish rule at the time. His architectural career was mostly focused on
Granada, where he designed the sacrament chapels of the cathedral and charterhouse. The latter was one of his most elaborate works, which he called a "precious jewel" and boasted that there was nothing like it anywhere else in Europe. He also designed the very elaborate
camarin of the
El Paular Charterhouse in
Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia.
Segovia is in the Inner Plateau ('' Meseta central''), near the northern slopes of t ...
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Hurtado Izquierdo became the focus of a school of architect-designers and posthumously had a significant influence on the development of Mexican church decorative architecture.
His collaborators included the brothers Jerónimo and Teodosio Sánchez Rueda, Francisco Javier and Tomás Jerónimo Pedraxas.
Main works
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Santa Maria de El Paular
The Monasterio de Santa María de El Paular (Santa María de El Paular Monastery) is a former Carthusian monastery (Spanish ''cartuja'', "charterhouse") located just northwest of Madrid, in the town of Rascafría, located in the Valley of Lozoya ...
Monastery (
Rascafría
Rascafría is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain.
In its territory is the Monastery of Santa Maria de El Paular
The Monasterio de Santa María de El Paular (Santa María de El Paular Monastery) is a former Carthusian monastery ...
, Madrid): chapel of the sacristy and the Transparente
* Retable of Santiago in the
Granada Cathedral
Granada Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Incarnation ( es, Catedral de Granada, Santa Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana de la Encarnación de Granada) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Granada, capital of the province of the same name in ...
*
Hospital of Cardinal Salazar in
Córdoba
* Church of the Tabernacle in
Granada
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Córdoba Cathedral Córdoba most commonly refers to:
* Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain
* Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province
Córdoba or Cordoba may a ...
: Chapel of St. Teresa
References
Sources
* Raya Raya, María de los Ángeles. «Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo y su proyección en el arte andaluz del siglo XVIII». En: ''Congreso Internacional Andalucía Barroca. I. Arte, Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Actas.'' Sevilla: Junta de Andalucía, 2009, pp. 191–208.
* Taylor, René. «Francisco Hurtado and his school». ''Art Bulletin'', XXXII (1950), pp. 25–61; «La Sacristía de la Cartuja de Granada y sus autores». ''Archivo Español de Arte'', 138 (1962), pp. 135–172; «Los púlpitos de la Catedral de Granada». ''Boletín de Bellas Artes'', 6 (1978), pp. 179–195.
18th-century Spanish architects
Spanish Baroque architects
1669 births
1725 deaths
People from Lucena, Córdoba
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