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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo hertog van Alva

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: Alba, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo duke of

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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4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
7 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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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)

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Project: Gerson Digital : Spain

Permalink: https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/488017

Creation date: 2018-07-24; Last modified date: 2023-05-15

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