Alejo Fernández
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Alejo Fernández
(b ?Germany, c. 1475; d Seville, 1545). Spanish painter, probably of German origin, as he is referred to as ‘Maestro Alexos—pintor Aléman’. He married the daughter of a painter called Pedro Fernández at Córdoba and took her name, but he worked mainly in Seville, where he was the leading painter of the first third of the 16th century. His work, which is well represented in Seville Cathedral, was essentially Flemish Mannerist in style, but it has a personal lyrical quality. One of his finest paintings is the Virgin of the Navigators (c. 1530–40, Alcázar, Seville), a rare example of a picture reflecting the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
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Alejo Fernández
Alejo Fernández (c. 1475- c. 1545) was a Spanish painter best known for his portrait of Christopher Columbus painted between 1505 and 1536.
Biography
He was born in Córdoba. Here, influenced by the style of the Flemish masters, he studied perspective and the structure of space. After moving to Seville in 1508, his interest moved to huma representation. To the period in Córdoba belong the Christ at the Column in the city's Museum and the Triptych of the Last Supper in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza. Both are influenced by Bramante's style. In Fernández' later works, the figures are more majestic and more balanced with the presence of architectural elements. Later works include the Virgin of the Rose in the church of St. Anne in Seville, showing Italian influences such as Pinturicchio and Raphael, as well as Lombard masters, and the Virgin of the Sailors in the Alcázar of Seville.
He died in Seville around 1545.
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