Pedro De Mena, The Spanish Bernini

The Spanish Bernini

Pedro de Mena y Medrano (1628–1688) is

nowadays the most highly regarded master

of Spanish Baroque sculpture, on a par with

his contemporaries, the great seventeenthcentury

painters Velázquez, Zurbarán and

Murillo.

Mena’s contributions to Spanish Baroque

sculpture are unsurpassed in both technical

skill and expressiveness of his religious

subjects. His ability to sculpt the human body

was remarkable, and he excelled in creating

figures and scenes for contemplation.

This first monograph of Pedro de Mena shows

a lot of details and remarkable images of his

hyper-realistic sculptures, full of Spanish

passion.

Apart from the article by curator Xavier Bray,

it also features important contributions

by José Luis Romeo Torres, curator of the

monographic exhibition Pedro de Mena,

to be held in Málaga in 2019.

This publication will be available at the

exhibition De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán.

Masters of the Spanish Baroque, in the

monumental hospital wards of the Sint-

Janshospitaal in Bruges, until 6 October 2019.