Fernández (or Hernández), Gregório (c. 1576–1636)

Spanish sculptor. Active chiefly in Valladolid, Fernández produced numerous painted sculptures with a religious theme, many of which were intended for use in religious processions. His best pieces included dramatic figures of the dead Christ, such as that in the S Cristo monastery at El Pardo near Madrid (1605), which bore the influence of classical works as well as the Gothic tradition.

Other works, which marked Fernández out as a master of baroque naturalism, include St Veronica (1614), a Pietà (1617) (Valladolid Museum), and the high altar for Plasencia cathedral (1624–34).