Un artista inmoral perseguido por la Inquisición en Zaragoza: El proceso contra el escultor José Martínez (1647)

Abstract

The Navarrese sculptor Jose Martinez, disciple of Martinez Montanes in Seville and collaborator of Manuel Pereira in Madrid, was persecuted by the Inquisiton for blasphemy in Madrid, for bigamy in Tudela and for pretending to be a member of the Holy Office in Zaragoza. The process initated in 1647 in Zaragoza, here studied, offers relevant informaton about the daily life of artists established in Zaragoza in the middle years of the 17th century, as well as another data so far ignored.