Alejo Fernández

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Born: 1475

Death: 1545

Biography:

Alejo Fernández (c. 1475- c. 1545) was a Spanish painter best known for his portrait of Christopher Columbus painted between 1531 and 1536. He was born in Córdoba. Here, influenced by the style of the Flemish masters, he studied perspective and the structure of space. After moving to Seville in 1508, his interest moved to huma representation. To th...

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