Alonso de Covarrubias

• Name — Alonso de Covarrubias • Birth Name — Alonso de Covarrubias • Born — 1488 • Birthplace — Torrijos, Spain • Died — 1570 (aged 82) • Place of death — Toledo • Field — Architecture, Sculpture • Movement — Plateresque, Spanish Renaissance • Works — Tavera Hospital Toledo Cathedral Alcázar of Toledo Castillo de Canales Recas

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.

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

Alonso de Covarrubias is recorded as architect and sculptor.