Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Celaya, Guanajuato i ka makahiki 1759.
He mea kālai kiʻi kuʻi, mea kālai kiʻi, mea kālai kiʻi a mea pena kiʻi, ua aʻo ʻo ia no kekahi manawa ma ka Academia de San Carlos, akā ua lilo ka hapa nui o kona ola i kona kauhale kahi i make ai. Loaʻa iā ia ka punawai Neptune kaulana a me ke ākea hoʻolaha o Carlos IV, ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Querétaro. ʻO kāna hana kaulana paha ka Luakini o Carmen, ma Celaya, ʻoiai ka hale aliʻi o ka Count o Casa Rul, ma ke kūlanakauhale o Guanajuato a me nā hale lehulehu a me nā haipule ma San Luis Potosí, Guadalajara a kū like hoʻi nā kūlanakauhale he nui i ka Bajío. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o nā kiʻi pena a me nā fresco o ke ʻano maikaʻi loa. Hoʻohui, kākau ʻo ia i nā haipule a me nā hana hoʻomākeʻaka. Ma muli o kona komo ʻana i ka neʻe kūʻokoʻa, ua lawe pio ʻia ʻo ia e nā aliʻi. I 1820 ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i hope kūloko. Ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1833.
