Villalpando at the Palacio Iturbide, downtown Mexico CIty, only until June 4th, 2017

If you want to see all the best works of the foremost baroque painter of New Spain, Cristobal de Villalpando (1649-1714), in one exhibit, and you will be in Mexico City during the next few days, this is your last chance to see the show before it moves to the Met in New York City.

 

Display announcing exhibit

at the front entrance of the

Palacio de Iturbide, on

Calle Madero, downtown

Mexico City

The Transfiguration of 

Christ by Villapando, which

we saw in very poor

condition at the Cathedral

of Puebla, has been

completely restored.  

Villalpando creates in this magnificent masterpiece

a juxtaposition of Moses with the serpent of bronze

 and the Transfiguration of Christ with the Apostles

The composition created by Villalpando on the

Transfiguration is full of scriptural content as

well as theological content.

Villalpando creates a whirl

wind of actions in this work

full of drama, a typical

element of baroque art.

 

The Israelites rally around Moses and Aaron and

the Bronze Serpent, seeking a cure against the

snake bites they received during the plague.

The scenery used by Villalpando includes Calvary,

the desert of the Exodus and Mount Tabor.

Christ descended from the

Cross.

The Holy Family was a work

done by Villalpando during

his second period (1680-

1688) and is part of the

Cathedral of Puebla

Collection

The Flight into Egypt was

executed by Villalpando

during his final period

(1700-1714)

It is part of the Tepotzotlan

Museum Collection

Agony in the Garden,

corresponds to his first

period (1670-1679) and

is part of the Museo del

Carmen collection.

Adam and Eve in Paradise (1689),  oil painting

on cooper.

Saint Theresa receiving her

veil of silk and her collar

from Saint Joseph and the

Blessed Mother, part of the

collection of La Profesa

(1680-1689).

 

Martyrdom of a Saint

(1700-1714), private

collection.

Saint Catherine of

Alexandria (1690): this work

was only recently discovered.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

(1680-1689) collection of the

Museum of the Basilica of

Our Lady of Guadalupe.

 

Saint Agnes of

Montepulciano (1690-1699)

in the collection of the

Museum of the Basilica of

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Adam and Eve at the foot

 of the Tree of Life form the

introduction to a series of

Marian Allegories (1706).

The Annunciation is the

perfect correction of the

mistake of Adam and Eve

(1706).

The Mystical City of God. 

(1706)

A closer look at the Mystical City.

Our Lady of the Rosary.

Floral detailing in the corner

of the pait

 

Our Lady of Mercy with the

martyred saints Vincent,

Prosperus and Victorinus.

Conciliar Seminary

Collection (1690-1699),

oil on wood.

The Virgin of the Stairway

La Profesa Collection

(1680-1689).

Our Lady of Aranzazu

(1690-1699)