bartolomé ordóñez was a spanish renaissance sculptor.little is known about ordóñez before the last five years of his life. his will indicates that he was an hidalgo born in burgos, and that he had a sister named marina in that city. assuming this is correct, he would have grown up amidst the first flowering of the spanish renaissance, where such pioneers as andrés de nájera were working, under the influence of gil de siloé, who had studied in italy, and domenico fancelli, who was from italy. in 1515 he established a studio in barcelona, accompanied by three italian marble sculptors, who came…