Jose Risueño

José Risueño (or Josef or Giuseffo) (1665–1721) was a Spanish painter and sculptor of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Granada.

He initially trained with Alonso Cano, under whom he studied both painting and sculpture. Risueño's works tend to be small in format, with a very refined technique influenced by the Rococo. In sculpture, his work in clay stands out. He is also noted for his fine work in wood, which was influenced by Cano. In painting, his influences included Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra and Juan de Sevilla Romero.

His mastery developed after 1693 under the patronage of Archbishop Azcalgorta. He helped decorate the cupola of the Church in the Carthusian monastery. Works include Christ of the convent of Santo Ángel, several sculptures of Child Jesus, the Penitent Magdalene preserved in the Cathedral Museum, the Inmaculada on the altar of the Cathedral of Granada, the Virgin of the Rosary, Saint John the Baptist, and La Dolorosa and Ecce Homo of the Granada Charterhouse. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a Saint Joseph with Child, of Flemish influence. His most significant and final work was the set of sixteen figures composing the Altarpiece of San Ildefonso.

Risueño died in Granada.

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 387.CS1 maint: location (link)
• VV.AA. Los siglos del barroco, VV.AA., pps. 191 y 192. Ediciones Akal, 1997. ISBN 84-460-0735-5