An ex-voto painting showing five figures floating on clouds with four others kneeling below them

José Campeche y Jordán

Puerto Rican painter (1751–1809)

The most famous painter of portraits and religious imagery in 18th-century Puerto Rico. Campeche was an Afro-Caribbean artist who was largely self-taught.

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A painting of Mary and Joseph holding baby Jesus in a barn with a background of clouds and cherubs, traditional nativity scene.

COMING SOON: The Nativity

An ex-voto of the Holy Family hangs in a gallery

COMING SOON: Ex-voto with the Holy Family

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