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    style of other great artists like Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeyo Leoni, and Juan de Arfe. Gregorio Fernández was born in Sarria, in what is now...
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    Juan de Arfe y Villafañe (1535–1603) was a Spanish engraver, goldsmith, artist, anatomist and author. He was of German descent. Born in Leon, Arphe y Villafañe...
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    in 570 sculpted reliquaries designed by Juan de Herrera, with most being constructed by the artisan Juan de Arfe Villafañe. These reliquaries are found...
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    1576 Catalina de la Cerda y Portugal (1551–1603), daughter of Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli. They had 5 children: Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke...
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    Enrique de Arfe. The most important object kept in the Chapel of the Treasure is the great Monstrance of Arfe, also known as La Gran Ostensoria de Toledo...
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  • monstrances and Eucharistic pavilions, referred to as "andas" by Juan de Arfe y Villafañe in his "de varia commensvracion..." because they were used in processions...
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    "Gaten" Matarazzo (born 2002), American actor of Italian descent Gaetano Arfé (1925–2007), Italian politician, historian, and journalist Gaetano Milanesi...
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    that Juan de Arfe y Villafane could have been the first known person to mention the estipite. This is seen in Arfe's, Description de la traza de la custodia...
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    containing the relics of San Froilán, the town's patron saint, made by Enrique de Arfe. The 13th- to 15th-century cloister contains sculpted details in the capitals...
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  • of the most eminent artists who worked in Spain during the so-called Siglo de Oro, the golden age of Spanish art. It was published for the first time in...
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    Nova. Artifacts include El Incunable de Monterrey, the first book published in Galicia in 1494, Enrique de Arfe's processional cross, 13th-century enamels...
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