PROVINCE OF GRANADA.

The Cathedral in Granada is likewise the home of several important works of art.

Among these, we find various works by Alonso Cano, such as the Life of the Virgin (1625) in the main chapel, his carving of the Immaculate Conception (1655-56) in the Vestry, and the Virgin of Bethlehem (1664) in the Cathedral museum.

Here is also what is left of the collection of paintings of Queen Isabella, which included personal belongings, jewels, banners and relics, and has works by Dierik Bouts, Van der Veyden, Hans Memling, Botticelli, Perugino, Berruguete and other anonymous Hispano-Flemish painters.

Lastly the tombs of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand by Domenico Fancelli (1514-17), carved in Genoa and installed in 1522, and the tomb of their daughter Joanna the Mad of Castile and of her husband Philippe le Bel, by Bartolomé Ordóñez (1519), are a prodigy of technique. The Fine Arts Museum houses the Burial of Christ by Jacobo Florentino "El Indaco", which is one of the chief masterpieces of Spanish sculpture in the Renaissance.

This key work synthesises the Spanish and Italian elements. The Thistle by Fray Juan Sánchez Cotán (first quarter of the 17th c.), which is in the tradition of baroque asceticism, is also found in the museum (Museo de Bellas Artes). A visit to the Carthusian monastery (La Cartuja) gives us the chance to see St. Bruno by José de Mora (17th c.), a small ivory-like carving by the best school of Granada.

In addition, there are paintings by Bocanegra, Sánchez Cotán and the impressive carvings of St John the Baptist and the Penitent Magdalene by Duque Cornejo. The outstanding painting of the Adoration of the Eucharist by Juan de Sevilla (1685), of great scenographic effect, can be found in the church of La Magdalena and the church of Santa Ana has the carving of St Pantaleon by José de Mora (end 17th c.).