Alonso Cano

[3] He was notorious for his ungovernable temper; and it is said that once he risked his life by committing the then capital offence of dashing to pieces the statue of a saint, when in a rage with the purchaser who begrudged the price he demanded.

[2][1] According to another story, he found his house robbed after coming home one evening, his wife murdered, and his Italian servant fled.

[4] Upon this he fled to Valencia, but afterwards returned to Madrid, where he was put to the torture, which he endured without incriminating himself, and the king received him into favour.

[5] After the death of his wife he took Holy Orders[1] as a protection from further prosecution, but still continued his professional pursuits.

[6] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the dying Cano refused the Sacrament from a priest who gave it to conversos.