Juan de la Huerta
Illustration — Tomb of Duke John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria by Jean de la Huerta and Antoine Le Moiturier, Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy Jean de la Huerta (1413 in Daroca – 1462 in Maçon) was a Spanish sculptor of Aragonese origin. Most of his work was produced in the duchy of Burgundy. De la Huerta remained relatively unknown until the end of the 20th century, uncovered by the research of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in 1972.
Also recorded as Juan de Laberta · Jean de la Huerta
Juan de la Huerta
Claus de Werve, Jean de la Huerta (1443-1455) et Antoine Le Moiturier (1466-1470) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1413 · Daroca.
- Died
- 1462 · Mâcon.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Occupation
- sculptor · imager
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Illustration — Tomb of Duke John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria by Jean de la Huerta and Antoine Le Moiturier, Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy Jean de la Huerta (1413 in Daroca – 1462 in Maçon) was a Spanish sculptor of Aragonese origin. Most of his work was produced in the duchy of Burgundy. De la Huerta remained relatively unknown until the end of the 20th century, uncovered by the research of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon in 1972.
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In collaboration with Antoine Le Moiturier, he sculpted the tombs for Duke John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, which currently reside at the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy. The job was originally assigned to the workshop of Claus Sluter, but went to Le Moiturier and De la Huerta. There is a work by this sculptor in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, ("Mourner from Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria" alabaster)
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1413
Juan de la Huerta born at Daroca.
1462
Juan de la Huerta died at Mâcon.
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Daroca.
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Mâcon.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500036378, Juan de la Huerta.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1885156: Juan de la Huerta
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- 1.Se pueden localizar las formas « Lavverta » o « de Orto », en el siglo XV, posteriormente y en lo sucesivo « de la Huerta ».
- 2.« Jean » que ha dominado a lo largo del tiempo, aunque los historiadores de arte contemporáneos prefieren la forma original « Juan ».
- 3.Este patronímico se debe probablemente a un error tipográfico. Además, Juan de la Huerta, tal vez haya estado viviendo en Avignon antes de su llegada a Borgoña y, después de 1461, fue reemplazado por un artista "verdaderamente" de Aviñón, Antoine Moiturier.
- 4.El contrato firmado con el duque de Borgoña Felipe el bueno, para la realización de la tumba de Juan sin miedo y Margarita de Baviera, dice: « Maistre Jehan de Lavverta, dit Daroca, natif du pais Darragon, tailleur d’images demourant en nostre ville de Dijon » (Dijon, le 23 mars 1442).
- 5.Algunos historiadores creen que también vivió en Aviñón antes de su llegada a Borgoña. Por otra parte, Louis de Chalon, fue también príncipe de Orange por su madre, Marie des Baux .
- 6.Baudoin (Jacques), Les grands imagiers d'Occident, Paris, Éd. Créer, 1983 (p.172).
- 7.Otras fuentes dan el 23 de marzo de 1443. A verificar...
- 8.Foncine, un pays de marbre.
- 9.Un acta del 14 de septiembre de 1444 fundó un aniversario perpetuo en honor del imaginero « Johannes de Orto » de « Daroca ».
- 10.Encargo de Thiébault Liégeart, fechado el 18 de noviembre de 1444, por un retablo representando la « Visitación » y destinado a su capilla familiar.
- 11.Ver artículo de la Wikipedia en francés dedicado a la familia Machefoing
- 12.Moyen Âge, L'art gothique en France à la fin du 15° siècle .
- 13.Puede ser el momento de su muerte, 1462
- 14.Les tombeaux des ducs de Bourgogne.
- 15.Capilla de los Corporales de Daroca, Fabian Mañan, 2006
- 16.https://web.archive.org/web/20080726182533/http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/O0000173.html
- 17.Copia archivada.
- 18.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0702/sap01_mh00005091_p.jpg
- 19.Acto de fundación fechado el 19 de mayo de 1448; acta judicial, regulando un conflicto entre el artista y el promotor de fecha 10 de diciembre de 1448.
- 20.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0023/sap01_mh033043_p.jpg
- 21.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0017/sap01_mh067689_p.jpg
- 22.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0017/sap01_mh067691_p.jpg
- 23.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0017/sap01_mh067690_p.jpg
- 24.https://web.archive.org/web/20080908094231/http://www.latribunedelart.com/Expositions/Expositions_2007/Huerta_Vierge.htm
- 25.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1468/sap83_39w01623_p.jpg
- 26.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1375/sap83_21w00026_p.jpg
- 27.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1375/sap83_21w00130_p.jpg
- 28.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/joconde/0364/m094706_99-002626_p.jpg
- 29.http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/joconde/0364/m094706_99-002622_p.jpg
- 30.http://www.photo.rmn.fr/LowRes2/TR1/JXZXAM/99-002624.jpg
- 31.Virgen del Pilar.
- 32.Bienes culturales - patrimonioculturaldearagon.es.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500036378, Juan de la Huerta.The Getty Research Institute
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1885156: Juan de la HuertaWikimedia Foundation
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