Antonio de Covarrubias

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Antonio de Covarrubias

Spanish scholar

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El Greco
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Antonio de Covarrubias, a classical scholar and son of the architect Alonso de Covarrubias, was a friend whose portrait he painted. Fray Hortensio Paravicino, the head of the Trinitarian order in Spain and a favorite preacher of Philip II of Spain, dedicated four sonnets to…
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Antonio de Covarrubias, a classical scholar and son of the architect Alonso de Covarrubias, was a friend whose portrait he painted. Fray Hortensio Paravicino, the head of the Trinitarian order in Spain and a favorite preacher of Philip II of Spain, dedicated four sonnets to…
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