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Born c.1680 • Zamora • Spain
Died 1748 • Mexico City • Viceroyalty of New Spain
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Churrigueresque
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Bronze equestrian statue of Charles IV by Manuel Tolsa, showing the king in regal attire on horseback in front of a historic stone building in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
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Alonso Cano
Spanish artist
Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist
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Bartolommeo Carducci
Italian architect and sculptor
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Alberto Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
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José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
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Francisco Herrera, the Younger
Spanish painter
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Juan Martínez Montañés
Spanish sculptor
Facade of the Metropolitan Sacristy, Mexico City, by Lorenzo Rodriguez, 1749–68.
Lorenzo Rodríguez
Mexican architect
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Gregorio Hernández
Spanish sculptor
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Smith, Tony: Throwback (1/3)
Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter
Maya Lin
Maya Lin
American sculptor and architect
Bacchus
Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor
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Andrea Orcagna
Italian painter
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Horatio Greenough
American sculptor and writer

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