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Miguel Cabrera’s posthumous portrait of sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695) is a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and writer. Considered the first feminist of the Americas, sor Juana lived as a nun of the Jeronymite order (named for St. Jerome) in seventeenth-century Mexico (then part of the Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain).
This eighteenth-century portrait of the Abbess Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) is, despite its condition, among the most significant works in the Museum's Robert H. Lamborn Collection because of the renown of Sister Juana as one of the most important early poets of the Americas.
- c. 1720-1770
- Portrait of Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Oil on canvas
In 1760, Cabrera created The Virgin of the Apocalypse, which describes the chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation. [12] He is also known for his posthumous portrait of the seventeenth-century poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Cabrera is currently most famous for his casta paintings.
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz [a] OSH (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695), [1] was a New Spain writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, as well as a Hieronymite nun, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporary critics. [1]
Nov 12, 2022 · Miguel Cabrera’s posthumous portrait of sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) is a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and writer. Considered the first feminist of the Americas, sor Juana lived as a nun of the Jeronymite order (named for St. Jerome) in seventeenth-century Mexico.
Miguel Cabrera’s posthumous portrait of sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695) is a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and writer She was considered the first feminist of the Americas
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The quintessential poetisa, Sor Juana Kircher's passion for Ancient Egypt and was one of the first female, American-born writers to celebrate Egypt's reputation as a land of wisdom and arcane knowledge. This posthumous portrait depicts Sor Juana standing and looking intently at the viewer.
