Andres Perez

ANDRÉS PÉREZ (Seville, 1660- 1727).
"Saint Teresa of Jesus.
Oil on canvas. Relined.
It has Spanish frame of the seventeenth century.
Measurements. 56 x 37 cm; 73 x 53 cm (frame).
In the interior the saint is arranged with open arms and serene face, in the presence of several angels carrying a monstrance. The action represents the transverberation of St. Teresa of Jesus, a mystical and complete union between the divinity and the nun. Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, better known by the name of Saint Teresa of Jesus or simply Saint Teresa of Avila (Avila, 1515 - Alba de Tormes, 1582) was a Spanish nun, doctor of the Catholic Church, mystic and writer.
Although the piece was formerly attributed to Murillo, stylistically, the emphasis on drawing is balanced by a precise tonal work that highlights the variety of textures and qualities, clothing, flesh tones and liturgical objects. Due to the technical characteristics, the representation of elements very typical of Andalusian art, and even of Saints linked to Andalusia, this work can be aesthetically inscribed in the moment in which the Andalusian school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of the Sevillian Baroque painting. Especially linked to the painting of Andrés Pérez. There is little data on the biography of the painter Andrés Pérez, son of painter Francisco Pérez de Pineda, of whom he was probably a disciple. According to Cean, despite the Murillo influence of the time, Andres Perez has its own style characteristics, such as a very precise drawing, characters of kind expressiveness, and large scenarios in which reminiscent of architectural environments or landscape perspectives. The two most relevant works known of this painter are kept in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, having been attributed to Ortega and Lucas Valdés. His works have a markedly Eucharistic symbolism, perhaps because of the commissions for chapels.