Title

Cardinal Cisneros

Author

Bigarny, Philippe

Langrés (Borgoña), ca. 1475 - Toledo, 1543

Co-author

Rincón, Fernando del

Notice in Guadalajara in 1491

Typology

Date

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Support

Observations

Polychromed by the Castilian painter Fernando del Rincón.

Its original shape was oval. Antonio Ponz described the piece when it was in the sacristy of the church of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares. (A. Ponz, t. I, 3th. ed., 1787, p. 295)

After 1787, it was moved to the Antiques and Library Room of the Colegio Mayor in Alcalá de Henares.
It must have suffered damage, as it was restored and reduced to its current rectangular shape. It was also framed with an ornate molding topped with a episcopal miter. 

Until its transfer to the Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library, it presided over the rector's office at the Complutense University of Madrid.  

Related links

Bibliography

• E. Ruiz García (2013): "Escenografías del Poder. Otros "Realia", en Preparando la Biblia Políglota Complutense : Los libros del saber, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, pp. 29, 202-3, il. 4, 96.
• M. Á. Castillo Oreja (1994): "El cardenal Cisneros", en Una hora de España : VII centenario de la Universidad Complutense : [exposición] Madrid, Centro Cultural de la Villa, 3 marzo-10 junio 1994, Ayuntamiento de Madrid- Fundación Caja de Madrid, Madrid, pp. 96-99.
• F.J., Portela Sandoval (1989): "Pintura de los siglos XIX y XX. Escultura, orfebrería, mobiliario", en Patrimonio artístico de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Inventario, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, pp. 29-45.
• J.M. Azcárate (1958): Escultura del siglo XVI. Ars Hispaniae. Historia Universal del Arte Hispánico, vol. 13, Plus-Ultra, Madrid, p. 41.
• A. Ponz (1787): Viaje de España ..., vol. 1, Joachin Ibarra, Madrid, p. 295.

Locations

• 1518 - 1787: Chapell of Saint Ildefonso, Alcalá de Henares (Spain)
• 1787: Colegio Mayor San Ildefonso, Alcalá de Henares (Comunidad de Madrid) (Spain)
• 2013: Marqués de Valdecilla Historical Library. Artistic Heritage of the Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid (Spain) (Inventory number: 149)