The Silent Master of the Spanish Golden Age In the grand, echoing halls of Spain’s architectural marvels, the name Juan Fernández Navarrete resonates with a quiet but profound power. Known to history by the evocative moniker “El Mudo”—The Mute—Navarrete lived a life defined by a unique sensory experience. An illness in his infancy had robbed him of his hearing, a condition that rendered him unable to speak but gifted him with an extra…