José de Mora
Artist
Biography
José de Mora (1642–1724) was a Spanish sculptor, born in Baza, the eldest son of the sculptor Bernardo de Mora and a pupil of Alonso Cano in Granada and of Sebastián de Herrera in Madrid. In 1672 he became sculptor to King Charles II, returning to Granada in 1680, where he died. His masterpiece is the Christ of Salvation (now the Christ of Mercy) in the Church of St Gregory Baeticus, Granada.