A King of Spain — Alonso Cano
One of the most unknown jewels of the Spanish Baroque.
One of the great things about being an art historian is the enormous amount of material that can be studied, admired, and analyzed. It would take several lifetimes to contemplate all that the human being has been, is, and will be able to create throughout history.
As for Baroque painting, it is really interesting when it leaves the path of the most relevant when we leave behind the examples and works about which more has been written, spoken, or even sung to get into those little-known artists who painted real wonders.
One of the examples could be the Spanish painter Alonso Cano.
He was a total artist, one of the most genuine artists of the seventeenth century: he was, above all, a draughtsman and designer, and yet he also achieved great recognition in his time as an architect, sculptor, and painter. That today his figure is not better known is a claim that should be shouted everywhere.
As a painter, Cano produced true marvels that can be counted without any problem among the best of the Spanish and European Baroque.
Specialist in portraits, Alonso Cano, made several related to the monarchical dynasties, a series of works of which A King of Spain is part.
