Oil on canvas framed measurements: 280 x 110 cm canvas only measurements: 190 x 126 cm. Originally from La Mancha. His father Miguel Cano was a native of Almodovar del Campo and his mother Maria de Almansa was a native of Villarrobledo. In 1587 the couple settled in Granada where they had eight children. Alonso was the seventh and was baptized on March 19 1601 in the Church of San Ildefonso. Two of the eight children must have died in Granada since Miguel Cano only refers to six in his will in 1642. The father was a master assembler and worked with altarpieces choir stalls and tabernacles. In his work in Granada he collaborated with artists such as Pablo de Rojas Bernabe de Gaviria Diego de Navas Diego de Aranda Juan Garcia Corrales and Bautista de Alvarado. According to the historian Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez the painter Juan del Castillo passed through Granada and noticed the great gifts of Alonso Cano. He then advised his father to take him to Seville to train him in the arts. Provenance: important private collection from Seville.