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Alonso Berruguete

Spanish painter, sculptor and architect

b. 1488 CE – d. 1561 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Alonso González de Berruguete (Alonso Berruguete) (c. 1488 – 1561) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and architect.

He is considered to be the most important sculptor of the Spanish Renaissance, and is known for his emotive sculptures depicting religious ecstasy or torment.