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Pedro de Bolduque, (c. 1550–c. 1595) was a Spanish sculptor of Flemish origin who lived and worked mainly in Medina de Rio Seco and

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. He was born in Medina de Rio Seco into a family of artists of Flemish descent, probably from the town of

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, dedicated to carving and assembly, and his brothers were also sculptors. He began his career heavily influenced by Juan de Juni,

Gaspar Becerra Gaspar Becerra (1520–1568) was a Spanish painter and sculptor of the School of Valladolid. Biography He was born at Baeza in the Province of Jaén. He went to Rome in 1545, and studied with Giorgio Vasari, whom he assisted in painting the h ...

and Esteban Jordan, who had worked in Medina de Rio Seco, so his work is considered a stylistic continuation of them. He moved to Cuellar in 1580, where he opened a workshop and married Ana Velazquez, with whom he had two children. In Cuéllar, Pedro formed a very close professional relationship with the Maldonado Family (Julian and Gabriel), local painters who worked in much of the province of Segovia and the closest areas of

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. He returned to Medina de Rio Seco where he died in 1595. His brothers and nephews continued the sculpting business. The sculptures thereafter were painted and decorated by the Maldonado family.

References

* CÁCERES NECKLACE, Fernando: About Pedro de Hertogenbosch, Yearbook of the Department of History and Theory of Art (UAM), Vol IX, 1999 1550 births 1595 deaths 16th-century Spanish sculptors Spanish male sculptors {{Spain-sculptor-stub