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Sepulchre of Don
Antonio del Corro
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During the early
modern period, the sepulchral sculpture became highly
significant. Many private chapels were built inside the
churches and hermitages, and the spulchres of important
people arranged there. In the Renaissance period, the
recumbent image of the corpse, inherited from the
late-Gothic style remained. However, then, a more
naturalist style was adopted, with the development of
genuine likenesses. This can be seen already in the
sepulchres of Antonio del Corro
in the parish church of San Vicente de la Barquera, and
of Fernando de Palacios in Limpias. In the 17th and
18th centuries, the sepulchral image appears praying on a
keeling stool, dressed according to social status. This
pattern is taken from the mannerist royal sepulchres made
by Pompeyo Leoni in El Escorial. The clergymen and
noblemen of Cantabria adopted this pattern, emulating
royalty, and therefore strengthening their social
standing, as can be seen in the sepulchre of Alonso de
Camino in the convent of San Ildefonso in Ajo. The
evolution fashion can be appreciated in the sepulchre of
Felipe Vélez Cachupín, in Laredo,
in which already he wears the typical 18th century coat.
It is worth mentioning Archbishop
Francisco de Otero and Cossío's cenotaph in the
Chapel of the Lignum Crucis, for its rich Baroque effect.
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