Juan de Mesa

Juan de Mesa y Velasco (1583–1627) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor.

De Mesa was born in Córdoba and baptized on 26 June 1583.

His early death, coupled with the large gaps in his biography, has led to speculation that he suffered from a chronic disease such as tuberculosis.

This was in line with the Catholic Church's aesthetic program for the visual arts following the Council of Trent, which sought to make the arts accessible to the poorly educated by using realistic forms.

Processional effigies make up the bulk of de Mesa's extant work and are still objects of devotion.