Pedro Hernández (Salamanca, 1585? – 1665) was a Spanish sculptor, drawer and engraver. He belongs to the Castilian school, being a contemporary artist of

Gregorio Fernández Gregorio Fernández (April 1576 – 22 January 1636) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor. He belongs to the Castilian school of sculpture, following the style of other great artists like Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeyo Leoni, and Juan de Arf ...

. He mainly created religious works. His artistic language evolved from the

Mannerism Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

to a full

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style. He worked in the province of Salamanca.Alfonso Rodriguez G de Ceballos y Antonio Casaseca Casaseca: ''Escultores Salmantinos del siglo XVIII: Pedro Hernandez''. Boletín del Seminario de Estudios de Arte y Arqueología: BSAA, ISSN 0210-9573, Tomo 46, 1980, pags. 407-424. Consultado el 28-1-2010

Works

Sancti Spiritus Church * Guardian Angel Brotherhood of Vera Cruz * Sainte Helena * The Descent from the Cross * The three Marys and the Holy Sepulchre San Julián Church * The Annunciation (atrib.) Descargamaría Chapel, ( Cáceres) * Jesus carrying the cross

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Pedro Sculptors from Castile and León Spanish Baroque sculptors Spanish male sculptors 1665 deaths Year of birth uncertain 17th-century Spanish sculptors People from Salamanca