La colección de obras de arte de Juan Piñeiro, fundador del colegio de la Compañía de Jesús de Pamplona (1580) [The collection of works of art of Juan Piñeiro, founder of the College of the Society of Jesus of Pamplona (1580)]

Abstract

The current study lets us know the collection of works of art that belonged to Juan Piñeiro, lord of Eriete and military from Navarre that served Charles V in Italy, formed by devotional sculpture, religious, historical and mythological paintings, classical statuary, with images of Augusto, Mucius Scaevola, Alexander the Great and the labors of Hercules, as well as jewelry, among other items. Piñeiro bequeathed some of these pieces to the Jesuit College of the Annunciation of Pamplona that he founded (1580) and of which he was the main benefactor such as six religious paintings, four of them of Italian author and a series of Flemish tapestries with history of Diana.