Saint Joseph with Child in large oil on copper -...

Saint Joseph with Child in large oil on copper - Circle of Nicolás and Juan Correa (active in the Viceroyalty of New Spain between 1660 and 1720), Mexican colonial school of the 17th century

Oil on copper measuring: 60 x 50 cm and measuring with frame: 90 x 75 cm. Nicolás Correa was a painter from New Spain born in the last quarter of the 17th century and who developed his artistic activity at the end of that century and the beginning of the next. His father was the painter José Correa, brother of Juan Correa. Within the Mexican pictorial school, he practiced oil painting on canvas and specialized in shell painting, where he stood out along with other artists such as Juan González and Miguel González. Some of Nicolás Correa's works are preserved in the Spanish Museum of America and the Hispanic Society of America. Juan Correa was a painter from New Spain. His mother was of African descent or free brunette and his father was a dark-skinned mulatto Spaniard of probable Moorish ancestry, born in the Andalusian city of Cádiz. His painting covers religious as well as secular themes. It is considered that one of his best works is the Assumption of the Virgin of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City; Several of his works with a Guadalupano theme came to Spain, in Antequera (Málaga) there is an interesting collection in the City Museum about this painter with paintings related to the Virgin Mary; He also painted Guadalupe subjects in Rome (1669). The Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Felipe and Santiago of the Diocese of Azcapotzalco contains in its main nave an altarpiece in honor of Saint Rose of Lima painted by him, as well as various altarpieces in the Rosary chapel. Reference bibliography: Romero Asenjo, Rafael and Illán Gutiérrez, Adelina. “Tornaviaje: Artistic transit between the American viceroyalties and the metropolis.” Ibero-American Baroque Universe, 2020