NEW DATA ABOUT MEXICAN ALTARPIECES: MANUEL BAUTISTA, A LISBON SCULPTOR IN VERA CRUZ

Abstract

Many foreign artists managed to establish themselves in Nueva España (New Spain, Mexico) despite the fact that there were serious restrictions on foreigners at the time. Mid-seventeenth century records attest the work of Manuel Bautista in Vera Cruz as sculptor and altarpiece assembler. He worked mostly for saint Francis’s Convent and the Church of the Jesuits.