Alonso de Covarrubias

Alonso de Covarrubias (Torrijos, Toledo 1488–1570) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo.

Works

Covarrubias' works include:

His first work was associated with Antón Egas and Juan Guas, in a style the transition between late gothic and Plateresque. In the first years of his career he worked principally as a sculptor.

First works as architect:

• At Sigüenza Cathedral, he is credited with designing the retables of Saint Librada and Fadrique de Portugal, influenced by Francisco de Baeza (1515).
• In the Hospital de Santa Cruz (Toledo): the courtyard and the plateresque stairway.
• In 1532 worked in the sacristy of Sigüenza Cathedral.

In Toledo:

• In 1534 he was named superintendent of the building program at Toledo Cathedral where he planned the New Kings chapel.
• In 1537 Covarrubias and Luis de Vega were named architects of the Alcázar. Covarrubias built the main façade and the courtyard.
• (1541- ) Designed and built the Tavera Hospital (Hospital de Tavera), one of his principal buildings.
• 154_ The façade of Episcopal palace of Toledo
• Rebuilt the Puerta de Bisagra Nueva.

Other important Works:

• In the 1530s built the cloister of the Lupiana Monastery.
• He also worked in the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares where he built the façade and the lost courtyard.

Gallery

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  Retables of Santa Librada and Fadrique de Portugal. Sigüenza Cathedral.
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  Lupiana monastery. Cloister.
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  Toledo – Hospital Tavera. Toledo.
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  Hospital of the Holly Cross. Toledo.
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  Puerta Bisagra. Toledo. New Bisagra gate.

Sources

• José Camón Aznar (1973). Arquitectura y orfebrería españolas del siglo XVI. Espasa Calpe. ISBN 978-84-239-5217-5.
• Bertrand Jestaz (1995). The art of the Renaissance. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-1948-8.