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MENA, PEDRO DE (d. 1693)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 108 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC
MENA, PEDRO DE (d. 1693) , Spanish sculptor, was born in Adra. He was a pupil of his father as well as of Alonzo Cano. His first conspicuous success was achieved in
work
  for the con-vent El
Angel
  at
Granada
 , including figures of St Joseph, St Antony of Padua, St Diego, St Pedro Meantara, St Franciscus and Santa Clara. In 1658 he signed a
contract
  for sculptural
work
  on the choir stalls of the
cathedral
  at Malagathis work extending over four years. Other works are, statues of the Madonna and child and of St Joseph in Madrid, the polychromatic figures in the church of St Isodoro, the Magdalena and the Gertrudis in the church of St Martin (Madrid), the crucifixion in the Nuestra Senora de Gracia (Madrid), the statuette of St Francis of Assisi in Toledo, and of St Joseph in the St Nicholas church in Murcia. Between 1673 and 1679 Mena worked at
Cordova
 . About 168o he was in
Granada
 , where he executed a half-length Madonna and child (seated) for St Dominicos. Mena died in Malaga in 1693. He and Mora (q.v.) may be regarded as artistic descendants of Montanes and Alonzo Cano, but in technical skill and the expression of religious
motive
  his statues are unsurpassed in the sculpture of Spain. His feeling for the nude was remarkable. Like his immediate predecessors he excelled in the portrayal of contemplative figures and scenes; Mena's drawing of Santiago leaping upon his charger is good, and the carving admirable, but the necessary
movement
  for so spirited an action is lacking.
See B. Haendeke, Studien zur Geschichte der spanischen Plastik (Strassburg, 1900).


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