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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 77,637 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan Martínez Montañés is the 140th most popular sculptor (down from 126th in 2019), the 1,012th most popular biography from Spain (down from 931st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 140 out of 189Before him are Tullio Lombardo, Antun Augustinčić, Melchiorre Cafà, Tony Cragg, Johan Tobias Sergel, and Magda Frank. After him are Anna Coleman Ladd, Duane Hanson, Ernst Neizvestny, Rebecca Horn, Olafur Eliasson, and Eduardo Paolozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 17Before him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Marino Ghetaldi, Michael Maier, Pieter Both, and Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.  Among people deceased in 1649, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 10Before him are Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Catherine of Brandenburg, David Teniers the Elder, Isaac van Ostade, Gerardus Vossius, and Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Ustad Ahmad Lahori, John Winthrop, Vincenzo Carafa, Vittoria Farnese, Jean de Brébeuf, and Susanna Hall.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 1,012 out of 2,932Before him are Ferran Adrià (1962), José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (1775), Pablo Gargallo (1881), Pedro (1987), Pedro de la Rosa (1971), and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852). After him are Juan Benlloch i Vivó (1864), Fernando Savater (1947), Míchel Salgado (1975), Andrés Manuel del Río (1764), Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga (1777), and Dámaso Alonso (1898).

Among SCULPTORS In Spain

Among sculptors born in Spain, Juan Martínez Montañés ranks 3Before him are César Manrique (1919) and Eduardo Chillida (1924). After him are Jorge Oteiza (1908) and Gregorio Fernández (1576).