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The Elevation of the Cross (Elevación de la cruz)

Antonio de Torres Mexican

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Antonio de Torres, cousin of the brothers Juan and Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, was a prolific and highly original artist who disseminated numerous works to north-central Mexico. Torres created this monumental painting as part of his Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) series for the Franciscan convent of San Luis Potosí. The artist’s interest in formal experimentation is evident in his foregrounding of the action and in the highly theatrical construction of the pictorial narrative.



Antonio de Torres, primo de los hermanos Juan y Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, fue un artista prolífico y de acusada originalidad, que exportó numerosas obras a la región centro-norte del virreinato.

Esta pintura monumental formó parte de su serie del Via Crucis para el convento de San Francisco de San Luis Potosí. El interés de Torres por la experimentación formal se hace patente en la colocación en primer plano de la acción y el grado de teatralidad de la narratividad pictórica.

The Elevation of the Cross (Elevación de la cruz), Antonio de Torres (Mexican, 1667–1731), Oil on canvas (Óleo sobre lienzo), Mexican

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