Andr?s de Ocampo

(b Villacarrillo, Ja?n, c. 1550; d Seville, 10 Jan 1623). Spanish sculptor. He moved at an early age to Seville where he was apprenticed to JER?NIMO HERN?NDEZ ESTRADA, who left Ocampo his library and tools when he died. In 1575 Ocampo became a master sculptor after passing the guild examination; a year later he married Catalina Ponce, the daughter of the architect Hern?n Ruiz (ii). Among his many apprentices were his nephew, Francisco de Ocampo (d 1639), and Alonso de Mena y Escalante of Granada. Ocampo was a leading exponent of Roman Mannerism, and he was influenced by the theories of Sebastiano Serlio and Andrea Palladio in the structure of his altarpieces. His human figures show power and monumentality, tendencies inspired by Michelangelo.

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