Arnao de Vergara (probably born in Burgos , deceased ) was a 16th-century Spanish master

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. Between 1525 and 1536 he produced several windows for

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, many of which survive, before later moving to

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Biography

He is the son of the master glassmaker Arnao de Flandes, who settled in

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between 1480 and 1490. He is the brother of Arnao de Flandes and

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. With his brother Arnao, they worked at their father's atelier. Arno de Vergara worked on the

and the

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from 1525 to 1538, and on the Jerez de la Frontera Charterhouse from 1935 to 1937. His stained glass work also included the

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, the Casa Real's baths in the

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, the Monasterio de San Jerónimo.

* Arnao de Flandes *

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Spanish stained glass artists and manufacturers Spanish people of Flemish descent 16th-century Spanish artists {{Spain-artist-stub

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