Miguel Cano Pacheco was a 16th- and 17th-century Spanish

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and

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. Born in Almodóvar del Campo, he was the father and first master of Alonso Cano, renowned joiner of

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s. The reputation of his work and the accumulation of orders motivated that he was moving from the mancheguian city to

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, with all his family, two months before his son Alonso was born.

Works

* 1601 Altarpiece of ''San Ildefonso'' (

) Parish. * 1628 Altarpiece of ''Nuestra Señora de la Oliva'' (

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) Parish, finished by his son.

References

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