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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo hertog van Alva

male / Spanish
Qualifications
military personnel, art collector
also a collector of tapestries
Nationality/school
Spanish
Born
Piedrahita (Avila) 1507-10-29
Deceased
Tomar 1582-12-11
See also
In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).
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Biographical information
Period of activity
1522 - 1582
c. 1522-1592
Active in
  • Madrid (stad, Spanje)
  • Brussel 1567 - 1573
    He was made Governor of the Low Countries by Philip II of Spain to suppress the revolt whixh was taking place there. After five years of repression, more than 5.000 executions and numerous complaints to the Spanish court, Philip II decided in 1573 to change policy and relieve the Duke of Alba, who went back to Spain.
  • Madrid (stad, Spanje)
  • Lissabon (stad)
born in
active in
died in
Creation date: 2018-07-24; Last modified date: 2023-05-15

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