Christ of Ixmiquilpan (Christ of the Chapel of Saint Teresa)
- José de Ibarra, Mexican, 1685-1756
- Born: Mexico
- Work Locations: Mexico
José de Ibarra, Christ of Ixmiquilpan (Christ of the Chapel of Saint Teresa), 1731. Oil paint on canvas; 7 ft. 6½ in. × 56¼ in. Gift of the Collection of Jan and Frederick Mayer, 2008.829.
The painting depicts a famous sculpture of Christ on the cross brought from Spain in 1545 for the mission church of a small Otomi village near Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo (north of Mexico City) and was credited with many miracles. In the 17th century it was moved by the Archbishop of Mexico to Mexico City, where it now resides in the Chapel of St. Teresa. This history is explained in the inscription. The painting is one of the popular "statue paintings" so common in Spain and its colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries.
José de Ibarra was born in 1685 in Guadalajara, Mexico and moved to Mexico City where he was trained as a painter by Juan Correa. In 1717 he joined the workshop of Juan Rodríguez Juárez until 1728, after which he painted independently. He was a teacher of many well-known later 18th century painters including Miguel Cabrera. José de Ibarra, was known in his day as the "Murillo of New Spain."
--Donna Pierce & Julie Wilson Frick, 2015
- Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life 1521 - 1821, Denver Art Museum, April 3 - July 25, 2004. "The Arts of Latin America 1492 - 1820," Philadelphia Musuem of Art, September 2006 - January 2008.
