European

Rafael Jimeno y Planes, Asc.

Spain cs. b. 1759-61-d. 1825
The Madonna of the Carmelites 45.0369

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The Madonna of the Carmelites was the focus of immensely popular devotion in Spain, Mexico, and throughout Latin America during this period. In this painting the Madonna has bare feet, indicating that the work may have been intended for an Unshod (Discalced) Carmelite order, or it may be intended to represent Mary's humility. The small badges that she and the infant Christ hold are scapulars, which imitate the apron-like coverings that some orders of monks wear over their tunics. The artist was born in Valencia, Spain, the son of a silversmith and the nephew of a painter. He trained at the Academy of San Carlos in Valencia as well as at the Fine Arts Academy of San Fernando in Madrid before coming to Mexico as Director of the Fine Arts Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City in 1794.

 

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