Alonso de Covarrubias

Alonso de Covarrubias (* 1488 in Torrijos ; † 1570 ) was a Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor. The spectrum of his work ranges from the Plateresque style ( plateresco ) of his early buildings to the strict style of the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo .

Life

Alonso de Covarrubias' father was a border sticker ( bordador ), his mother was probably a simple housewife. In 1510 he married María Gutiérrez de Egas , who may have been the niece of his master Antón Egas . Two of his sons, Diego de Covarrubias and Antonio Covarrubias , became major humanists and legal scholars of the Spanish Renaissance.

Works

Since many architects worked closely with others, it is only in a few cases that it can be clearly clarified who made the plans and who the executing architect was. The following data and information have been handed down:

1532–34: main sacristy of Sigüenza Cathedral ; Cloister of the Hieronymites Monastery of Lupiana
1534: Master builder of cathedral and church of Toledo and its diocese
1535: plans for the Pazo de Fonseca in Santiago de Compostela ; Plans for the cloister of the Jeronimos Monastery near Lupiana
around 1537: Builder of the Alcázar of Toledo and the monastery of San Juan de los Reyes
1540–45: Convent of Santo Domingo in Ocaña ; Facade and cloister ( claustro ) of the Archbishop's Palace ( palacio arzobispal ) in Toledo; Hospital de Tavera in Toledo
around 1545/50: Ducal Palace in Pastrana
1548/9: Churches of Nuestra Senora de la Magdalena in Getafe and Santa Catalina in Talavera de la Reina
around 1560: plans for the church of Santiago Apóstol in Cebreros

After that, he primarily took care of the restoration or revision of smaller churches in the Toledo area. The new city gate of the Puerta de Bisagra in Toledo, which was completed around 1559/60, is said to have come from his hand.