Juan Rodríguez Juárez
Juan Rodríguez Juárez (b. 1675 - d. 1728) was an artist in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. His brother Nicolás, was also a famous contemporary artist in the Spanish colony.
Family Origins
Juan Rodríguez Juárez was a member of a Spanish family long noted for their accomplishments in the world of painting. His brother was Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez (1667 - 1734) was like himself, an established painter in New Spain. He was the son of Antonio Rodríguez (1636–91), a notable Spanish painter. His maternal grandfather José Juárez (1617 - 1661) and maternal great great grandfather Luis Juárez (1585 - 1639) were also notable painters in Spanish history and prominent in the Baroque era.[1]
Biography
Juan Rodríguez Juárez, like many artists in New Spain during the late Baroque period, followed the trend of painting portraits of the local nobility. These works followed European models, with symbols of rank and titles either displayed unattached in the outer portions or worked into another element of the paintings such as curtains.[2]
Gallery
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Jesús con la mujer enferma
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La virgen del Carmen con santa Teresa y san Juan de la Cruz
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Portrait of Viceroy Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, duque de Linares y marqués de Valdefuentes, ca. 1717
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Milagros del beato Salvador de Horta, ca. 1720
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De mulato y mestiza, produce mulato, es torna atrás, ca. 1715
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San Juan de Dios
Bibliography
External links
- Pintura Colonial Mexicana: Juan Rodríguez Juárez en arts-history.mx
- En es.encarta.msn
- En Arte Historia
References
- ↑ Pierce, Donna; Ruiz Gomar, Rogelio; Bargellini, Clara, eds. (2004). Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521-1821. [Exposición]. Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art (abridged, illustrated ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 327 pages. ISBN 9780914738497.
- ↑ "Colonial Art". Latin American Art. Britannica. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
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There is a Spanish Colonial painting with a devotional theme by this painter in the Denver Art Museum in Denver,Colorado("Saint Rose of Lima with Christ Child and Donor").