Abstract

RAMIREZ SANCHEZ, Yana Arantxa  and  OLMEDO, Alejandro. The Creative Process in José de Páez: Ciclo de la vida de la Virgen, Shrine of Guadalupe, San Felipe, Chihuahua, Mexico. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.24, pp.250-302.  Epub Sep 26, 2022. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.256.v2n24.35.2021.

A restoration project took place between 2015 and 2016 on ten pieces from the Ciclo de la vida de la Virgen, located in the Shrine of Guadalupe, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, signed by José de Páez and dated in 1772. An analysis of the artist’s technical process was carried out in its framework, as a key component of this intervention. Said analysis was based on a study of the images’ composition as well as the application of instrumental studies, such as optical microscopy and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The results from this approach are valuable since they enhance our knowledge on Paez’s materials and form of working in a period of artistic maturity, which displays his domination of traditions, and equally because they outline academic criteria.

Keywords : José de Páez; easel painting; Colonial art; pictorial techniques.