Leonardo Jaramillo
Leonardo Jaramillo was a Spanish mannerist painter, active in the 17th-century in the Viceroyalty of Peru (present-day Peru).[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Leonardo Jaramillo's birth date is unknown but he was probably born in Seville in the early 17th or late 16th century.[3] He was likely trained or was influenced by Spanish painters Juan de las Roelas and Francisco Pacheco.[3]
Between 1613 and 1615, he moved to the Viceroyalty of Peru.[3] Jaramillo taught painting to students including Tomás Ortiz de Olivares, Juan de Sotomayor, and Miguel de Vargas.[3] His most known work is "La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso" (English: Bestow of the Chasuble upon San Ildefonso) (1636).[3]
Notable works[edit]
- Nuestra Señora de la Piedad con donantes, Belén Church (Spanish: Iglesia Belén), Cajamarca, Peru.
- El milagro de las aguas (mural) (1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco (Spanish: Basílica y convento de San Francisco de Lima), Lima, Peru[3]
- San Francisco en la Porciúncula (mural) ( c. 1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco (Spanish: Basílica y convento de San Francisco de Lima), Lima, Peru[3]
- La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso (1636), Convento de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru[3]
- Cristo de la columna (1643), Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary (Spanish: Catedral de Trujillo), Trujillo, Perú.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Stratton-Pruitt, Suzanne; Cummins, Tom (2006). The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600-1825, from the Thoma Collection. Skira. p. 100. ISBN 978-88-7624-698-2.
- ^ Rishel, Joseph J. (2006). The Arts in Latin America 1492–1520. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300120035.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Leonardo Jaramillo". Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (DB~e), Real Academia de la Historia (RAH). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
Further reading[edit]
- de la Calancha, Antonio (1639). Corónica moralizada del Orden de San Agustín en el Perú (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: Imprenta Pedro Lacavallería.
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