Luis de Riaño

Luis de Riaño (1596–c. 1667) was a Peruvian criollo painter, active in the 17th-century.[1] His work is an important representation of Cusco School, the Peruvian colonial painting style.[2][3] De Riaño is best known for his frescos painted in the 1620s at the Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas in Cusco, nicknamed the "Sistine Chapel of the Americas".

"The Annunciation of the Virgin" (1632), painting by Luis de Riaño
"The Annunciation of the Virgin" (1632), painting by Luis de Riaño located at Museo Pedro de Osma

Biography

Luis de Riaño was born in 1596 in Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru.[4][2] He was the son of Ana de Cáceres, and Spanish captain Juan de Riaño.[5]

He studied Counter-Maniera style painting under Angelino Medoro from 1611 to 1618.[6][2] Another student of Medoro who started a few years earlier in 1604 was Pedro de Loayza, an Indigenous Andean painter.[2][7] Medoro's painting "Inmaculada Concepción" (1618) in Lima was copied by de Riaño at the Recoleta Monastery in Cusco.[8]

De Riaño is best known for his frescos painted in the 1620s at the Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas in the Andahuaylillas District in Cusco, nicknamed the "Sistine Chapel of the Americas".[9][10] The painting depicts the roads to heaven and to hell.[11]

He remained an active painter until the 1640s.[6] He is thought to have had financial problems later in life.[5] He died after 1667.[5]

Works
  • Inmaculada Concepción, Recoleta Monastery (Spanish: Convento de la Recoleta), Cusco[8]
  • Various frescos, paintings, and murals, Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro), Cusco
    • Bautismo de Cristo, Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro), Cusco
    • San Miguel arcángel, Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro), Cusco
    • Four canvases related to the life of Saint Peter, Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro), Cusco
    • Two canvases related to the life of Saint Paul, Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (Spanish: Iglesia de San Pedro), Cusco
  • Inmaculada (1638), Church of Santa Catalina (Cusco), Cusco
  • Santa Catalina de Alejandría, private collection, Cusco
  • Anunciación de la Virgen por Arcángel Miguel (1632), Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima
  • Los desposorios de la Virgen
  • Bautismo de Cristo

References
  1. Cohen Suarez, Amanda (2013). "Painting Andean Liminalities at the Church of Andahuaylillas, Cuzco, Peru". Colonial Latin American Review. 22 (3): 369–399. doi:10.1080/10609164.2013.851323.
  2. Jones, Pamela M.; Worcester, Thomas (2021-10-01). From Rome to Eternity: Catholicism and the Arts in Italy, ca. 1550-1650. BRILL. p. 243. ISBN 978-90-04-47368-3.
  3. Kuon-Arce, E. (Elizabeth) (2011). Del Manierismo al Barroco en murales cuzqueños: Luis de Riaño (in Spanish). GRISO-Universidad de Navarra / Fundación Visión Cultural. ISBN 978-84-8081-079-1.
  4. Turner, Jane (2000). The Grove Dictionary of Art: From Renaissance to Impressionism: styles and movements in Western art 1400-1900. Macmillan. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-312-22975-7.
  5. "Luis de Riaño". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  6. Visual Culture and Indigenous Agency in the Early Americas. BRILL. 2021-10-11. p. 169. ISBN 978-90-04-46810-8.
  7. Mo, Charles L. (1992). Splendors of the New World: Spanish Colonial Masterworks from the Viceroyalty of Peru. Mint Museum of Art. p. 32.
  8. A Companion to Early Modern Lima. BRILL. 2019-07-08. p. 331. ISBN 978-90-04-33536-3.
  9. Blacker, Maryanne (2010-09-01). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Peru. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7566-8326-9.
  10. Ferrero, Sebastián (2013). "Les peintures murales à San Pedro d'Andahuaylillas : agriculture et spiritualité dans les Andes". RACAR: revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review (in French). 38 (2): 40–55. ISSN 0315-9906.
  11. Newton, Paul (2011-02-16). Viva Travel Guides Machu Picchu and Cusco, Peru: Including the Sacred Valley and Lima. Viva Publishing Network. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-937157-01-2.
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