UMiguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera kwakuyigama eligcwele lalo mculi ochaza kangcono kunanoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi wepulasitiki wekhulu le-18.
Wazalelwa e-Antequera de Oaxaca ngo-1695, indodana yabazali abangaziwa no-godson wombhangqwana wase-mulatto, mhlawumbe oqeqeshwe eshabhu likaJosé de Ibarra, waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko nowomshado cishe ngo-1740.
UMiguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera kwakuyigama eligcwele lalo mculi ochaza kangcono kunanoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi wepulasitiki wekhulu le-18. Wazalelwa e-Antequera de Oaxaca ngo-1695, indodana yabazali abangaziwa no-godson wombhangqwana wase-mulatto, mhlawumbe oqeqeshwe eshabhu likaJosé de Ibarra, waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko nowomshado cishe ngo-1740.
Wazibophezela njengosonkontileka ekwakhiweni kwezinsimbi ze-altare zesonto lamaJesuit laseTepotzotlán, enkampanini kaHiginio de Chávez, umphathi omkhulu, kusukela ngo-1753. Ngasona leso sikhathi wenza izindwangu zeSanta Prisca de Taxco kanye ne-sacristy yayo, bakha isethi ebabazekayo yezithombe efingqa isitayela salo mculi. Ngokunjalo, ungumbhali wemidwebo emikhulu emayelana nezimpilo zabangcwele: Life of San Ignacio (Profesa noQuerétaro) kanye Life of Santo Domingo esigodlweni sakhe sezindela enhlokodolobha, okuhloselwe ukuhlobisa izindonga zezingqimba zayo ezingaphezulu nezingezansi. Imisebenzi engamakhulu amathathu kuthiwa yenziwe kuye. Wayengumdwebi wekamelo kumbhishobhi omkhulu waseMexico, uManuel Rubio y Salinas; Ngenxa yakhe, umsebenzi wakhe, umfanekiso kaNkosikazi Wethu waseGuadalupe, wabonwa uPapa Benedict XIV, owathi, ngokumncoma, wababaza ukuthi isimangaliso esinje senzeke kanjani kwesinye isizwe njengaseNew Spain, egqumeni laseTepeyac. Lokhu kwenza uCabrera umdwebi we-quintessential Guadalupano. Ephumelele, enxuswa amakhomishini amaningi avela kubantu bezenkolo nabangasese, kungenzeka ukuthi wakha indawo yokusebenzela enkulu, lapho kwenziwa khona imisebenzi eminingi ethunyelwe amakhasimende amakhulu kangaka.
UMiguel Cabrera ugqame ohlotsheni lwezithombe. Akuncishisiwe ekusetshenzisweni kwezindlela zokupheka nezezivumelwano, kepha naphezu kwazo kuphrinta izihloko, kube ngumdwebi wesimo sabo kepha nobuntu babo. Izithombe zakhe ezinhle kakhulu zamanazaretha, uSor Juana Inés de la Cruz (iNational Museum of History), uSor Francisca Ana de Neve (sacristy of Santa Rosa de Querétaro) noSor Agustina Arozqueta (National Museum of the Viceroyalty, eTepotzotlán), kuyizinto ezintathu ezihlonishwa kakhulu. owesifazane: ekuhlakanipheni kwakhe, ebuhleni bakhe nasempilweni yakhe yangaphakathi.
Umsebenzi ophawulekayo isithombe esihle kakhulu sikaDona Bárbara de Ovando y Rivadeneiray i-Guardian Angel yakhe, kanye nesithombe esingajwayelekile seLuz de Padiña y Cervantes (eBrooklyn Museum) kanye nesimanga esincanyana asenza ngeMariscala de Castilla. Kudwetshwe uFray Toribio de Nuestra Señora (ithempeli laseSan Fernando, eMexico City), uBaba u-Ignacio Amorín (uMnyuziyamu Kazwelonke Wezomlando), uManuel Rubio y Salinas uqobo (i-Taxco, iChapultepec neCathedral of Mexico); ezicukuthwaneni nabasizakala njenge-Count of Santiago de Calimay kanye namalungu ehhovisi likanxusa laseMexico City.
Uvelele njengomdwebi we-costumbrista, ungumbhali we-Castas, uchungechunge lwemidwebo eyishumi nesithupha, esazi ukuthi abayishumi nambili (abayisishiyagalombili baseMuseum of America eMadrid, abathathu eMonterrey, nomunye e-United States). UMiguel Cabrera ushone ngo-1768.
