Brief Biography-José de Ibarra was born in San Miguel El Grande Oaxaca. He painted primarily religious subjects for the churches of Mexico; however, he also excelled in portraiture. Ibarra painted several portraits of people referred to as Mestizo, people of Spanish and Native American descent, and mulatto; a derogatory term once used to describe people of black and white parents or half-bloods. He was a Black Mexican and officially a Spaniard. He was a disciple of Juan Correa and influenced by Juan Rodríguez Juárez and Cristóbal de Villalpando.