Diego Quispe Tito

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Diego Quispe Tito (1611-1681)

• Was a Quechua painter from Peru.
• He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting.
• The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco.
• He worked throughout his life in the district of San Sebastián.
• Quispe Tito's earliest signed painting is an Immaculate Conception from 1627.
• His work is in the style of Spanish Mannerism and Flemish painting.
• Quispe Tito is believed to have learned these styles from Italian Jesuit Bernardo Bitti, who was active at the time in Cuzco.
• Quispe Tito also incorporated several personal elements into his work; most notable was his use of gilding and his depiction of spacious landscapes filled with birds and angels.
• In 1667 he painted several scenes from the life of Christ, which were sent to Potosí.
• Quispe Tito died in Cuzco in 1681.
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Attributer to Diego Quispe Tito, The Descent of Christ into Limbo, 17th century

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019.

Attributer to Diego Quispe Tito, The Descent of Christ into Limbo, 17th century

Attributer to Diego Quispe Tito, The Descent of Christ into Limbo, 17th century

Attributer to Diego Quispe Tito, The Descent of Christ into Limbo, 17th century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Baptism of Christ, XVII century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, The Baptism of Christ, XVII century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Baptism of Christ, 17th century

Original, Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Baptism of Christ, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Baptism of Christ, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Holy Family with Saint Joachim, Saint Anna, Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Original, Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Holy Family with Saint Joachim, Saint Anna, Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Holy Family with Saint Joachim, Saint Anna, Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Holy Family with Saint Joachim, Saint Anna, Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Holy Family with Saint Joachim, Saint Anna, Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Attributer to Diego Quispe Tito, The Descent of Christ into Limbo, 17th century

Original, Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

Attributed to Diego Quispe Tito, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Aquarius-January-Rest and Flight to Egypt, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Aquarius-January-Rest and Flight to Egypt, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Aquarius-January-Rest and Flight to Egypt, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Pisces-February-vocation of the apostles, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Pisces-February-vocation of the apostles, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Pisces-February-vocation of the apostles, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Taurus-April-Parable of the sower, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Cancer-June-Parable of the man who builds the barn, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Leo-July-Parable of the good shepherd, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Libra-September-Parable of the barren fig tree, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Scorpio-October-Parable of the unfaithful wineyard growers, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Sagittarius-November-Parable of the wedding quests, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Sagittarius-November-Parable of the wedding quests, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Capricorn-December-Saint Joseph and the Virgin looking for an inn, 1681

Original, Museo de Arte Religioso del Cusco, Peru. Visited in 2026.

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series; Capricorn-December-Saint Joseph and the Virgin looking for an inn, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Zodiac Series, 1681

Diego Quispe Tito, Return from Egypt, XVII century

Original, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima. Visited in 2023-26.

Diego Quispe Tito, Return from Egypt, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, Return from Egypt, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Holy Family, XVII century

Original, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima. Visited in 2023-26.

Diego Quispe Tito, The Holy Family, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Sacred Family triumphant over sin, XVII century

Original, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima. Visited in 2023-26.

Diego Quispe Tito, The Sacred Family triumphant over sin, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Sacred Family triumphant over sin, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Vision of the Cross, XVII century

Original, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima. Visited in 2023-26.

Diego Quispe Tito, The Vision of the Cross, XVII century

Diego Quispe Tito, The Vision of the Cross, XVII century