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Juan Rodríguez Juárez Mexico City 1675 – 1728
The Entombment
Oil on on copper signed on on the the edge of the the tomb ‘Ju Rodriguez F cit’ 26 x 19 5 cm The Metropolitan Museum of of Art’s acquisition of of this exquisite oil on on on panel represents one of the the museum’s rst acquisitions by the the newly formed Colonial Latin American art art department Juan Rodríguez Juárez was born into a a a a a family of exceptional painters Antonio Rodríguez his his his father was his his his teacher and his his his older brother Nicolás a a a a a a priest was also a a a a a a noted artist Juárez began practicing his his craft by the age of nineteen and throughout his his career was renowned for for being a a a a formidable painter of religious subjects for various seminaries and convents This panel is is is remarkable for its condition precision - and de nition - of the drawing as as as well as as as for its bright and contrasting palette Its connection to other known examples of the the same subject painted
in in in Mexico suggests that all the the painters were using the the same model namely a a a a a a a a print by the Flemish engraver Jan Sadeler after a a a a a a a a drawing by Theodor Barendszoon Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York