THE SCULPTOR FROM SEVILLE CRISTOBAL DE OJEDA AND ITS STARTING TO PERU

Abstract

The present article focuses on analyzing the figure of the sculptor from Seville Cristóbal de Ojeda, who asked for a license to move and work in the recently founded Virreinato de Perú. Ojeda was one of the first artists from Andalusia that, having the mastery in sculpture and imagery, decided to move to America looking for economical improvements and for a better life quality. The analysis of documents founded at the Archivo General de Indias of Seville will undoubtedly provide new information in order to know key aspects of the life of this prominent Andalusian sculptor.