Artist

Cristóbal de Villalpando

Spanish, 1669–1714

Cristóbal de Villalpando was a Spanish Mexican Casta Painting artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Denver Art Museum. Cristóbal de Villalpando was born in Mexico City.

Cristóbal de Villalpando (ca. 1649 – 20 August 1714) was a Baroque Criollo artist from New Spain, arts administrator and captain of the guard. He painted prolifically and produced many Baroque works now displayed in several Mexican cathedrals, including the cathedrals in Querétaro, Puebla and Mexico City, as well as a depiction of the Zócalo (main square) in Mexico City, showing the damage of the 1692 riot to the viceregal palace three years earlier.

Works by Cristóbal de Villalpando

Collections represented

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