Cristóbal de Villalpando. Mexican painter of the Baroque

Exposición / Metropolitan Museum of Art - MET / 1000 Fifth Avenue / Nueva York, New York, Estados Unidos
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Cuándo:
25 jul de 2017 - 15 oct de 2017

Inauguración:
25 jul de 2017

Organizada por:
Fomento Cultural Banamex, Metropolitan Museum of Art - MET

Artistas participantes:
Cristóbal de Villalpando

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Etiquetas
Pintura  Pintura en New York 

       

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Descripción de la Exposición

Cristóbal de Villalpando (ca. 1649–1714) emerged in the 1680s not only as the leading painter in Mexico, but also as one of the most innovative and accomplished artists in the entire Spanish world. This exhibition will feature his earliest masterpiece, a monumental painting showing two scenes—Moses and the brazen serpent, and the Transfiguration of Jesus—in an unprecedented juxtaposition of these Old and New Testament subjects. Painted in 1683 for a chapel in Puebla Cathedral and newly conserved, the 28-foot-tall painting has never before been exhibited outside its place of origin in Puebla, Mexico. Ten additional works will be shown that demonstrate Villalpando's engagement with concepts of invention and professional identity, his ability to convey complex subject matter, and his capacity to envision the divine. Highlights will include his recently discovered Adoration of the Magi, on loan from Fordham University, and The Holy Name of Mary, from the Museum of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

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