ʻO Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera ka inoa piha o kēia mea pena kiʻi nāna i ho'ākāka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka hana palaka o ke kenekulia 18.
Hānau ʻia ma Antequera de Oaxaca i ka makahiki 1695, ke keiki a nā mākua ʻike ʻole ʻia a me ke keiki akua o kekahi mau wahine mulatto, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia paha ma ko José de Ibarra hale hana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana noʻeau a me kāna hana ma kahi o 1740.
ʻO Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera ka inoa piha o kēia mea pena kiʻi nāna i ho'ākāka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka hana palaka o ke kenekulia 18. Hānau ʻia ma Antequera de Oaxaca i ka makahiki 1695, ke keiki a nā mākua ʻike ʻole ʻia a me ke keiki akua o kekahi mau wahine mulatto, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia paha ma ko José de Ibarra hale hana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana noʻeau a me kāna hana ma kahi o 1740.
Ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻaelike i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kuahu no ka hale pule ʻo Iesū ʻo Tepotzotlán, i ka hui ʻo Higinio de Chávez, haku ʻākoakoa, mai ka makahiki 1753. I kēlā manawa like ua hana ʻo ia i nā lole no Santa Prisca de Taxco a me kāna sacristy, kahi hana lākou i kahi hoʻonohonoho kiʻi nani e hōʻuluʻulu i ke kaila o kēia mea pena. Pēlā nō, ʻo ia ka mea kākau o nā kiʻi pena nui e pili ana i nā ola o nā haipule: Life o San Ignacio (Profesa a me Querétaro) a me Life o Santo Domingo i kāna monastery i ke kapitala, makemake ʻia e hoʻonani i nā paia o kāna mau hale kiʻekiʻe a me lalo. Hāʻawi ʻia nā hana he ʻekolu haneli nona. He mea pena keʻena ʻo ia i ka ʻākīhopa nui o Mekiko, ʻo Manuel Rubio y Salinas; Mahalo iā ia, kahi hana a kāna, ke kiʻi o kā mākou Lede o Guadalupe, i ʻike maka ʻia e Pope Benedict XIV, ka mea i mahalo, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hana mana i hana ʻia i loko o ka lāhui ʻole e like me Nu Sepania, ma ka puʻu ʻo Tepeyac. ʻO kēia ka mea i hana ʻo Cabrera i ka mea pena kiʻi Guadalupano quintessential. Ua kūleʻa ʻia, ua koi ʻia e nā komisina he nui mai nā haipule a me nā kānaka pilikino, malia paha ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi hale hana nui, kahi i hana ʻia ai nā hana he nui a kahi mea kūʻai aku nui like ʻole.
Kū ʻo Miguel Cabrera i ke ʻano kiʻi. ʻAʻole i hoʻemi ʻia i ka noi ʻana o nā meaʻai a me nā kuʻikahi, akā ʻoiai lākou e hoʻolālā i nā kumuhana, ʻo ia ka mea pena o ko lākou kūlana akā ʻo ko lākou kū hoʻokahi. ʻO kāna mau kiʻi nani o nā nuns, ʻo Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (National Museum of History), Sor Francisca Ana de Neve (sacristy o Santa Rosa de Querétaro) a me Sor Agustina Arozqueta (National Museum of the Viceroyalty, ma Tepotzotlán), ʻekolu mau mahalo i ka wahine: kona noʻonoʻo, kona nani a me kona ola i loko.
ʻO ka hana nui ke kiʻi nani a Dona Bárbara de Ovando y Rivadeneira a me kāna Angel Guardian, a me ke kiʻi kūpilikiʻi o Luz de Padiña y Cervantes (Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Brooklyn) a me kahi mea kupaianaha āna i hana ai no ka Mariscala de Castilla. Pena ʻia e Fray Toribio de Nuestra Señora (luakini o San Fernando, Mexico City), Makua Ignacio Amorín (National Museum of History), ʻo Manu Rubio y Salinas ponoʻī (Taxco, Chapultepec a me ka Hale Pule Nui o Mekiko); i nā aliʻi hanohano a me nā poʻe kōkua e like me ka Count of Santiago de Calimay a me nā lālā o ke consulate o Mexico City.
Ua kū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi costumbrista, ʻo ia ka mea kākau o Castas, kahi moʻo o nā kiʻi ʻumikūmāono, a mākou e ʻike ai he ʻumikūmālua (ʻewalu i loko o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika ma Madrid, ʻekolu ma Monterrey, a ʻo kekahi ma United States). Ua make ʻo Miguel Cabrera i ka makahiki 1768.
