The Virgin of ‘Lucero’ by Alonso Cano

Authors

  • Luis Rodrigo Rodríguez Simón Universidad de Granada
  • Miguel Ángel León Coloma Universidad de Jaén

Keywords:

X-ray study, X-ray contrast, stratigraphy, spectrometry, pigments, binders, white lead, linseed oil, Baroque painting, school of Granada

Abstract

In this paper we study the ‘Virgen del Lucero’ by Alonso Cano through the analysis of its artistic, pictorial and iconographic values, its creative process, its technical execution and the artistic materials used. These analyses allow us to claim its authorship to Alonso Cano against the point of view of Wethey, the top expert in the artist, who considered it a mediocre workshop painting. We place the work in the context of Counter-Reformation artistic demands and the democratization of meditation, which had been promoted by the devotio moderna and reached its apogee with the Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola.

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Published

2012-01-12

How to Cite

Rodríguez Simón, L. R., & León Coloma, M. Ángel. (2012). The Virgin of ‘Lucero’ by Alonso Cano. Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada, 43, 53–74. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/2674

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Section

Estudios