Retrato del retrato de Sor María Ygnacia del Espíritu Santo

Portrait of o nun carrying a rosary and the Bible, with an Angel and a soldier on each side, next to the nun a "cartela" with text referring her.
The painting is reinterpretation by the artist from this nun portrait from 18th century that is in the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (México). Álvarez adds the two beings behind the nun and a longer cartage with a slightly different story
Antonio Álvarez Morán is an artist graduated from the UDLAP, his work focuses in Puebla, it’s traditions, history and people, sometimes going for a reinterpretation of history. He uses bright colors and also invented the technique called “alvarezado” that mixes collage, encaustic and oil.