Our Lady of Sorrows
Cristóbal de Villalpando · 1680
Cristóbal de Villalpando
New Spain · 1669–1714
Cristóbal de Villalpando was a Baroque Criollo artist from New Spain, arts administrator and captain of the guard. He painted prolifically and produced many Baroque works now displayed in several Mexican cathedrals, including the cathedrals in Querétaro, Puebla and Mexico City, as well as a depiction of the Zócalo (main square) in Mexico City, showing the damage of the 1692 riot to the viceregal palace three years earlier.
Known works
Our Lady of Sorrows
Cristóbal de Villalpando · 1680
Museo Soumaya
La Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows or Mater Dolorosa) is a work by Cristóbal de Villalpando probably painted between 1680 and 1689 and belonging to the collection of the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. In the work of Villalpando's early formative period, the influence of Baltasar de Echave Rioja and Pedro Ramírez is noticeable, as the painter's skills were nourished mainly by the artistic circles of the cities of Mexico and Puebla. His baroque style would prolong this pictorial tradition into the 1680s.
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