ʻO ka nūhou e pili ana i kona ola he kakaikahi loa ia, e like me ka mea e hōʻike ana he kamaʻāina ʻo ia no Texcoco, a me nā hana a kēia mea pena kiʻi i ola a hiki i kēia lā, e kū nei ma Aguascalientes, Zacatecas a me Guadalajara.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ia i ka hana ʻana i ʻelima mau kuahu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o ka hale pule o San Nicolás Tolentino, ma ka Halemai ʻo Real de Naturales a me ʻelua mau canvases āna i hana ai no ke kaikaina o nā Galician ma ka hale konikona o San Francisco de México, ua hāʻawi ʻo Toussaint iā mākou ka nūhou o kona hiki i San Carlos. Ua hōʻoia kēia i kāna obituary, hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kāna keiki hanauna ʻo Juan Bautista de Alzíbar a ma Pepeluali 18, 1803, kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka mea pena kiʻi "lieutenant director of the Royal Academy of San Carlos of this New Spain."
Hoihoi kēia hihia, no ka mea he mea pena kiʻi i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma nā kahua aʻo ʻo New Spain, e like me ka hana kuʻuna o nā guilds, lilo ʻo ia i mea pena kiʻi i ʻike ʻia e ka petulant Academy, nona nā lālā i luhi ʻole i ka hoʻāhewa ʻana i kāna poʻe o ka wā i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hana o nā kuahu gula, kahi ʻike maoli no ka hana a kēia mea pena, kahi pilikia patent, keu hoʻi inā hoʻomanaʻo mākou ua hana ʻo ia i ke kuahu nui o nā kuʻi no ka halepule o ka Halemai de San Juan de Dios i ka makahiki 1766 a me nā pahu nui o kāna ke poʻo gula o ka loko o ka luakini o nā nuns o La Enseñanza ma Mexico City. ʻIke ʻia ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi Dolorosa, mālama ʻia ma kona kuahu, ma ka Metropolitan Sagrario o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mexico.
ʻO De Alzíbar ka mea kākau o kekahi o nā kiʻi ʻoi loa o kahi nun, i waena o nā mea i ʻike ʻia: ʻo ke kiʻi o Sister María Ignacia de la Sangre de Christo, he nun nunui i ʻōlelo ʻia mai ka hale konā o Santa Clara de México, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 1777, i mālama ʻia ma ka National Museum of History. , kahi hana o ke kaila baroque kupaianaha, kahi e hoʻokomo ai ka nun i kahi ʻahuʻula ʻehā episcopal, kahi lei pua a me kahi pua i like me ke koʻokoʻo aliʻi wahine.
I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka physiognomy o nā mea laʻa i kāna pena kiʻi ʻana ma kahi kumumana haipule, i loko o ke kiʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo ia i kahi physiognomy aloha ʻole e hōʻike ana i nā hemahema o kāna mau kumuhana. ʻO kahi laʻana o nā kiʻi hope loa nā kiʻi a Maria Josefa Bruno, i lawe ʻia i mau lā ma mua o kāna ʻoihana, ʻo Don Fray Juan de Moya lāua ʻo Kauka Marcos Inguanzo, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 1788, nā mea a pau i ka National Museum of History i haʻi ʻia ma Chapultepec. Wahi a ka mea kaulana a Guadalupanist Xavier Conde y Oquendo, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo De Alzíbar ma 1795, ka mea pena kiʻi kaulana loa ma Mekiko.
