Miguel Cabrera
1695-1768 Mexico/Baroque
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Brief Biography-The style of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ultimately influenced Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera. He was born in Oaxaca City and spent most of his life in Mexico City. He became the principal painter of religious works for the Church and the Jesuit Order. He was the founder and director of an Academy of Painting in Mexico City in 1753. While he was alive, and for a considerable period after his death, he was regarded as the country's foremost portraitist. |
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