Bidspirit auction | Miguel Jerónimo Zendejas (Heroica Puebla

Miguel Jerónimo Zendejas (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1724 - 1815) - ”Saint Jerome” Oil on copper. Signed. In an imposing period, embossed silver, Mexican frame. The Mexican painter Miguel Jerónimo de Zendejas is considered to be the most important of the artists of Viceroy Puebla. With great creative and allegorical capacity, his paintings situate him as one of the favourites of the elites, especially in the high clergy, who maintained his workshop with their patronage. In the Mexican state of Puebla some of his most relevant paintings are kept, such as those in the Cathedral or the Parish of Acatzingo. In the town of Iglesias, in the parish of San Juan Evangelista, some of Zendejas’ best work is kept. These are four canvases depicting moments of the Passion, painted in 1775. In Spain, in the Cathedral of El Burgo de Osma, an important painting by Zendejas is kept, the portrait of Juan de Palafox surrounded by allegories and emblems, dated in 1768. Finally, and in another very different tone, there is the painting entitled ”El Almacén” (The Storehouse) in which Zendejas pays homage to Antonio de la Cal and Bracho (1766-1833), founder of the Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico in 1788. Copper measurements: 45,5 x 36,5 cm. Frame measurements: 100 x 69 cm