De Madeira a Canarias: influencias del artesonado mudéjar de la catedral de Funchal en las iglesias de Santa Cruz de La Palma (siglos xvi y xvii

Abstract

During the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, Portuguese carpenters and polychromers such as Gaspar Núñez and Juan de Sosa settled down and worked on the realization of the Mudejar coffered ceilings that covered the churches of El Salvador, San Francisco and Santo Domingo in Santa Cruz. from La Palma. Through the reading of archival documentary sources, the biographical data obtained, the structural and decorative analysis of the mentioned roofs, and the comparison of the mentioned armor and those that close the Cathedral of Funchal, we intend to establish an incessant artistic relationship between the island of La Palma and Madeira for the mentioned chronological segment.