Miguel Jeronimo de Zendejas (Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico, 1724 - 1816) 'Saint Joseph and Child' Oil on canvas. Signed, dated in 1766 and located in Puebla: 'Migl. Germo. de Zendejas. Pinx en la Ciud. de la Puebla de los Angs. en las Yndias Occidentales, año de 1766 en 26 de Julio'. ('Miguel Jerónimo de Zendejas. Painted in the City of Puebla de los Ángeles in the West Indies, year 1766 on 26th of July'). 94 x 67,5 cm.   Miguel Jerónimo de Zendejas was a prominent and prolific artist from Puebla in the 18th century. With great creative and allegorical capacity, his paintings situate him as one of the favourites of the elites, especially in the high clergy, who maintained his workshop with their patronage. Having worked as an apprentice for artists such as Gregorio Lara or José Joaquín Magón, he established his own workshop, which had, as we said, ecclesiastical sponsorship. He was known for his confident and imaginative way of painting, with skilled and harmonious use of chiaroscuro. The Church of San Juan Evangelista in Iglesias, near Angelopolis, houses four of his canvases from 1775 depicting moments of the Passion, which are considered to be some of his best paintings, which also include 'El Almacén' (The Warehouse) which is now in the National Museum of History at Chapultepec Castle, an allegory of the founding of the Puebla Botanical Garden, paying homage to its founder, Antonio de la Cal y Bracho; and his last oil painting, 'The Prayer in the Garden,' kept in the Calvary Chapel of the Parish of San José, Puebla.