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Juan Martínez Montañés

1568 - 1649

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Juan Martínez Montañés (March 16, 1568 – June 18, 1649), known as el Dios de la Madera (the God of Wood), was a Spanish sculptor, born at Alcalá la Real, in the province of Jaén. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Martínez Montañés has received more than 81,634 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Martínez Montañés is the 157th most popular sculptor (down from 140th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,011th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 157 out of 258. Before him are Rudolf Belling, Olafur Eliasson, Ligier Richier, Valie Export, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, and Hans Multscher. After him are Anna Coleman Ladd, Pietro Bracci, David Černý, Katarzyna Kobro, Georges Lacombe, and Reinhold Begas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 20. Before him are Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Pieter Both, Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, Sō Yoshitoshi, and Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him is Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1649, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 11. Before him are Catherine of Brandenburg, David Teniers the Elder, Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Isaac van Ostade, Gerardus Vossius, and Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Giulio Alenio, Vincenzo Carafa, Jean de Brébeuf, Susanna Hall, Vittoria Farnese, and John Winthrop.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 1,152 out of 3,355. Before him are Manuel Alonso Areizaga (1895), Raquel Meller (1888), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), José Benito de Churriguera (1665), Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), and Julio Jiménez (1934). After him are Paco Bienzobas (1909), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), Joaquim Rifé (1942), Josep Maria Subirachs (1927), Arsenio Iglesias (1930), and Emilio de Villota (1946).

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Among SCULPTORS In Spain

Among sculptors born in Spain, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 4. Before him are César Manrique (1919), Eduardo Chillida (1924), and Jorge Oteiza (1908). After him are Gregorio Fernández (1576), and Juan Garaizabal (1971).

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