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Place of Birth: Baza, Andalusia, Spain
About José de Mora
- José de Mora (1642–1724) was a Spanish sculptor. José de Mora was born in Baza.
- He was the oldest son of the sculptor Bernardo de Mora and pupil of Alonso Cano in Granada and of Sebastián de Herrera in Madrid.
- In 1669, two years after the death of Cano, he moved to Madrid and worked with Sebastián de Herrera Barnuevo who also had been pupil of Cano.
- In 1672, he became a sculptor for the king Charles II and later left Madrid in 1680 and returned to Granada.
- He died in Granada in 1724 and was buried in the Convent of St.
- Anthony of the Discalced Franciscan Friars.
- His work can be usefully studied in the eight statues in the Chapel of Cardinal Salazar in the Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, and in the statues of Saint Bruno and Saint Joseph in the Charterhouse near Granada.
- However, his main masterpiece was the sculpture of the Christ of Salvation (currently, Christ of Mercy), made for a funerary chapel in the Church of St.
- Gregory Baeticus in Granada.
- The origins of this great sculpture were unknown until the year 2018, when Dr.
- José Antonio Díaz (Art historian from the University of Granada), discovered and published the documents which reveal all the information about this relevant sculpture of the Spanish Baroque.
- Furthermore, the sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows made for the Oratory of St.
- Philip Neri of Granada (currently, in the Church of St.
- Anne) is known as the second best work carved by José de Mora.
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