Cristóbal de Villalpando (ca. 1649 – 1714)

• Was a Baroque Criollo artist from New Spain, arts administrator and captain of the guard.
• He painted prolifically and produced many Baroque works now displayed in several Mexican cathedrals, including the cathedrals in Querétaro and Mexico City.
• He was Born in Mexico City to the influential Villalpando family.
• Cristóbal assumed duties in the local militia as an ensign, as well as painting with Baltasar de Echave Rioja in the Echave workshop.
• In 1669, he married María de Mendoza and they had four children.
• He received several religious art commissions, both in Mexico City and in Puebla.
• Other paintings by his hand are found in the sacristy of the Mexico City Cathedral.
• Villalpando rose to the rank of captain and served several times as director of the painters' guild.
• Villalpando's early works include a number for the Puebla Cathedral. 
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