Sillería del coro, Catedral de Lima, Peru-02

Pedro de Noguera (

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, c. 1580 –

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c. 1660) was a Spanish sculptor and architect. He learned his art in

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. In 1619 he moved to

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and worked mostly in Lima where he executed with Martín Alonso de Mesa the choirstalls of the

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Other works

*''Dead Christ'' (1619) (sculpture) of the

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of Our Lady of Solitude (Lima). *Altarpiece of St. Francis church (1623).

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. *In 1635 designed the main entrance of the cathedral.

References

* * 17th-century Spanish sculptors 1580s births 1660s deaths Spanish Baroque sculptors Spanish male sculptors 17th-century Spanish architects {{Spain-sculptor-stub