Marcos Zapata (c. 1710–1773)

• Also called Marcos Sapaca Inca, was a Peruvian painter.
• Zapata was born in Cuzco.
• He was one of the last members of the Cuzco School, an art center in which Spanish painters taught native students to paint religious works.
• In the Andean culture of Peru, Cuzco painters merged Christian symbols with indigenous Andean traditions.
• Zapata introduced elements from his own lands into his paintings.
• Between 1748 and 1764, Zapata painted at least 200 works.
• 24 of them portrayed the life of Saint Francis of Assisi for the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin of Santiago, Chile.
• He painted 50 linen cloths with the Laurentina Litany for the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco.
• Zapata incorporated allegorical subjects in his Madonnas.
• By order of the Jesuits, Zapata created another similar series of painting, assisted by his apprentice, Cipriano Gutiérrez.
• These included an enthroned Virgin, which Zapata finished in 1764 for the Parish of the Almudena.
• The fame of Zapata widely extended from Cuzco, through Peru, Chile, and to northern Argentina.
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