Martín de Andújar Cantos (born 1602 in the

Province of Albacete Albacete () is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. As of 2012, Albacete had a population of 402,837 people. Its capital city, also called Albacete, is by road southeast of Madri ...

) was a Spanish

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. He spent much of his life in

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and is considered one of the island's most noted sculptors.Gran Enciclopedia del Arte en Canerias, Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria Trained by

Juan Martínez Montañés Juan Martínez Montañés (March 16, 1568 – June 18, 1649), known as el Dios de la Madera (''the God of Wood''), was a Spanish sculpture, sculptor, born at Alcalá la Real, in the Jaén (Spanish province), province of Jaén. He was one of th ...

, he himself was a teacher of Blas García Ravelo.

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1602 births Year of death unknown People from the Province of Albacete 17th-century Spanish sculptors Spanish male sculptors Sculptors from Castilla–La Mancha Spanish architects {{Spain-sculptor-stub