NEW DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE REAL CENOTAFIES OF THE BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY OF EL ESCORIAL

Abstract

With the execution, by Pompeo Leoni and his assistants, of the work of the cenotaphs or royal burials of the basilica of the Monastery of El Escorial - ten figures of bronze arranged in two groups on both sides of the presbytery - made between 1592 and 1600, culminates the ambitious decorative enterprise of the main church of the Monastery. We bring here new documents, in the form of correspondence, relating to the funerary group of Felipe II.

Keywords

• pompeo leoni
• felipe ii
• entierros del monasterio de el escorial
• duque de lerma
• felipe iii