Juan Guas
Illustration — Monastery of Saint John of the Kings. Toledo Juan Guas (c. 1430-33 – c.
Also recorded as Master Juan de Toledo · Jean Guas
Juan Guas
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- Born
- 1430 · Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
- Died
- 1496 · Toledo.
- Nationality
- France · Spain
- Occupation
- architect · sculptor
- Languages
- Spanish
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1496) was a Spanish artist and architect of Breton origin. He worked in a group of architects to create the Isabelline style. Juan Guas was born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, he moved to Spain when he was young, and is often thought to have been Spanish. Among his notable buildings are: • Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo • Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara • Segovia Cathedral - Guas worked on the original cathedral and his cloister and part of his facade were transferred to the new site and rebuilt next to Hontañon's cathedral church a generation later. • Castle of Belmonte. • Colegio de San Gregorio • Monastery of El Paular, Cloister.
Juan Guas is recorded as architect and sculptor. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Master Juan de Toledo and Jean Guas. His recorded language was Spanish.
Íñigo López de Mendoza y de la Vega, II Duque del Infantado, encarga a Juan Guas, maestro de la Casa de Mendoza, la construcción de su palacio en Guadalajara (1482), que sería elegido por Felipe II para celebrar su boda con Isabel de Valois.
José Luis Filpo Cabana
El apoyo total de Íñigo López de Mendoza al maestro Juan Guas ocasionó esta maravilla del arte español (1483), hoy con ciertas modificaciones.
José Luis Filpo Cabana
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1430
Juan Guas born at Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
1475
New Castle of Manzanares el Real is dated 1475.
1480
Palace of Infantado is dated 1480.
1496
Juan Guas died at Toledo.
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Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
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- 1.MENA, José María de. Recordable centenario de un toledano en Normandía.
- 2.Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín, (1800), Diccionario Histórico de los más Ilustres profesores de las Bellas Artes en España, Madrid.
- 3.harvsp Le Menn 2006 p=34
- 4.Juan Guas en la Catedral de Segovia, Archivo Español de Arte, Vol 79, No 315 (2006)
- 5.[El Mundo: La leyenda del Carro del diablo https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/11/25/ocio/1290694757.html]
- 6.[El Carro del Diablo https://subalpino.es/es/tour/el-carro-del-diablo]
- 7.[Leyendas: El Carro del diablo https://valledelozoya.org/leyendas-el-carro-del-diablo/]
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