Pedro y Alonso de Tolosa: un plano y nuevos datos

Abstract

During the second half of the XVIth Century the construction activity of the Tolosa's family was very significant in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. They built some of the key stone works of the period: Pedro de Tolosa participated in the construction of the Escorial, the Convent of Uclés and the Cathedral of Valladolid, which was followed up by his son Alonso and to whom the Castilian Meseta owes the spreading of the Court classical architectural style. The Tolosa's were also related by family ties with two other important artists: Lucas de Escalante and Diego de Matienzo. The former stone master in Segovia in charge of the crown works and the Jesuit College of Saint Felipe and Santiago. The other, stone assistant first to the Escorial and later in Aranjuez. Therefore, all these artists were related one way or another among them and with the most significant works in that region. This paper brings out some new data about their life and work still not very well known.