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Lorenzo Mercadante or Lorenzo Mercadante de Bretaña was a
Breton
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*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Ga ...
sculptor active in the second half of the 15th century. Between 1454 and 1467 he worked in the
Cathedral of Seville
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( es, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along ...
, where he executed the sepulchre of Cardinal
Juan de Cervantes
Juan de Cervantes (c. 1380 or 1382 in Seville, Spain – 25 November 1453, buried in Seville Cathedral) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Cervantes studied at the University of Salamanca and obtained a doctorate in civil and canon law ...
(1458) and the decoration of the portals of Christ's Birth and Baptism (''Nacimiento'' and ''Bautismo'', 1464–67). By using fired
clay
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Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
and
alabaster
Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists. The former use it in a wider sense that includes ...
he achieved a great naturalness and softness in his figures. His style influenced Sevillian sculpture in the last part of the
Late Gothic era, and represented the transition to the
Renaissance
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. Other outstanding works of his, all in
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, are a
Saint Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
now in the
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (, English: "National Art Museum of Catalonia"), abbreviated as MNAC, is a museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Ma ...
in Barcelona, another Saint Michael discovered in 1999 in
Sanlúcar la Mayor Sanlúcar la Mayor is a municipality in the province of Seville, southern Spain. The municipality is the location of the Solucar Complex.
Gaspar de Guzmán, Count of Olivares was created Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor
Duke of Sanlúcar la Mayor ( ...
, and a
Virgin and Child
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, originally in
Fregenal de la Sierra
Fregenal de la Sierra (originally Frexnal or Frexenal) is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
Geography
Fregenal de la Sierra is located in the Sierra Suroeste comarca (county), among the small hills and ravi ...
, now in the
Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville ( es, Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla) is a museum in Seville, Spain, a collection of mainly Spanish visual arts from the medieval period to the early 20th century, including a choice selection of works by arti ...
.
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Andalusian culture
15th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors