Rodrigo de la Piedra y su familia. Noticias preliminares acerca de un pintor del siglo XVII

Abstract

Rodrigo de la Piedra came to Puebla from Cadiz in the first third of the seventeenth century, joining a group of painters who laid the foundations of what is now regarded as a tradition specific to this Mexican city. Recent studies of painting in Puebla during the Viceroyalty have paid little attention to these artists. Rodrigo de la Piedra in particular was an important figure about whom very little is known — the details of his life, career and works being very much subject to confusion. This study, which sets out to shed a first light on the artist and clarify some confusions, is thus long overdue.