Esculturas de Villabrille y Ron para los condes de Torrehermosa: la capilla del palacio de Elsedo (Cantabria) / The Sculptures of the Artist Villabrille y Ron for the Count of Torrehermosa: the Chapel Palace of Elsedo (Cantabria)

Abstract

This study analyzes a group of sculptures in the chapel of the Elsedo palace built in the outskirts of Pamanes in the region of Cantabria. Many of these are currently visible in the nearby church of the Escolapio Friars in Villacarriedo. Taking as our point of departure the attribution of these sculptures by a number of authors to Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron (about 1663-1732), our aim is to study them from a combined documentary, stylistic and iconographic perspective in order to consider their importance in the context of the career of this Spanish artist.