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García Crespo, Manuel
(b Tordesillas, c. 1698; d Salamanca, 1766). Spanish goldsmith. He worked in Salamanca from 1713, where he produced mostly ecclesiastical pieces, although some secular works are also extant. About 50 pieces of various types by him survive. In 1728 he made the andas (processional litter) for Salamanca Cathedral after a design by Alberto Churriguera and in 1734 a Maundy Thursday coffer and a set of altar-cards for the Carmelite Convent of Peñaranda de Bracamonte, near Avila. He was commissioned by Bishop Osorio to make a collection of pieces (1738–48) for Nuestra Señora de la Encina, Ponferrada, León. His processional crosses were original on account of their high-relief supports to the arms (examples at Madrigal de las Altas Torres, 1745; Tordesdillas, 1747–8; Becerril de Campos). His monstrances, on which seraphim support the sun above the world, followed 17th-century French models already known in Salamanca but which he refined and standardized (examples at Astorga Cathedral, 1757; La Seca, 1766; Carmelite Convent at Peñaranda). An outstanding secular work is the ewer set (1752–9) in Avila Cathedral (see SPAIN, fig. 041567–029). In Crespo’s work, which is characterized by ornate Baroque flowers and figures in high relief, Rococo elements do not seem to have appeared. Many Spanish craftsmen, especially his son Luis García Crespo, were influenced by his style.
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