Leonardo Jaramillo Explained

Leonardo Jaramillo was a Spanish mannerist painter, active in the 17th-century in the Viceroyalty of Peru (present-day Peru).^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Leonardo Jaramillo's birth date is unknown but he was probably born in Seville in the early 17th or late 16th century.^[3] He was likely trained or was influenced by Spanish painters Juan de las Roelas and Francisco Pacheco.

Between 1613 and 1615, he moved to the Viceroyalty of Peru. Jaramillo taught painting to students including Tomás Ortiz de Olivares, Juan de Sotomayor, and Miguel de Vargas. His most known work is "La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso" (English: Bestow of the Chasuble upon San Ildefonso) (1636).

Notable works

• Nuestra Señora de la Piedad con donantes, Belén Church, Cajamarca, Peru.
• El milagro de las aguas (mural) (1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima, Peru
• San Francisco en la Porciúncula (mural) (c. 1635–1640), Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Lima, Peru
• La imposición de la casulla a san Ildefonso (1636), Convento de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru
• Cristo de la columna (1643), Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary, Trujillo, Perú.

Further reading

• Book: de la Calancha, Antonio . Corónica moralizada del Orden de San Agustín en el Perú . Imprenta Pedro Lacavallería . 1639 . Barcelona, Spain . es.

Notes and References

1. Book: Stratton-Pruitt . Suzanne . The Virgin, Saints, and Angels: South American Paintings 1600-1825, from the Thoma Collection . Cummins . Tom . 2006 . Skira . 978-88-7624-698-2 . en. 100.
2. Book: Rishel, Joseph J. . The Arts in Latin America 1492–1520 . Yale University Press . 2006 . 9780300120035.
3. Web site: Leonardo Jaramillo . 2022-08-27 . Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (DB~e), Real Academia de la Historia (RAH).