José Juárez: 7 works

'This piece, attributed to José Juárez, shows the moment preceding the death of Saint Bonaventure, an illustrious Franciscan theologian, named Seraphic Doctor of the Church by Pope Sixtus V in 1587, and patron of the French city of Lyon.'

'The specialists have noted traces of the studio of José Juárez in this work -more precisely those of his student and heir, Antonio Rodríguez and of Baltasar de Echave y Rioja, who was working in the said studio around 1660.'

'It is worth mentioning that, in 1657, Alonso Gómez witnessed a lease for a house belonging to the Count of Santiago located on Saint Agustine Street that was rented by the painter, José Juárez, which leads us to conjecture that there was a possible friendship between the two of them.'

'The novel composition and the treatment of light and shade link this painting with the Sevillian ambience of the period, evidencing the influence that the Spaniard, Sebastián López de Arteaga, had on the work of José Juárez.'

'In this work, José Juárez depicts Saint Alexius on a pedestal, conferring a sculptural quality on him.'

'In reality, his work was very much influenced by that of the Sevillian painter, Sebastián López de Arteaga.'

'José Juárez painted this work for the Casa Profesa (the headquarters of the Jesuit order in México), and the subject is a fitting one for the aforesaid institution, since the story of these children martyred for the faith was one to be emulated by its students.'