Juan Sánchez Cotán

Juan Sánchez Cotán
Valentin Carderera y Solano, Public domain

(1560–1627) spansk målare

Juan Sánchez Cotán (Spain, 1560–1627) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Juan Sánchez Cotán belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Juan Sánchez Cotán was born in Orgaz and died in Granada.

One of the best-known works is ‘Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits’. The works belong mainly to the genre still life. The catalogue has 10 works by Juan Sánchez Cotán with free images. The dated works span the years 1590–1700. Works by Juan Sánchez Cotán are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, San Diego Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pablo de Céspedes, El Greco, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Juan de Roelas, and Bartolomeo Carducci.