Viceregal Latin American Art

Juan González (Mexico, active 1662– 1703), Thou Shalt Not Kill, ca. 1697-1703

Juan González (Mexico, active 1662– 1703)

Thou Shalt Not Kill, ca. 1697-1703

Mexico, c. 1697–1703
Signed ‘Ju, Go, Fe’
Oil and mother-of-pearl on wooden panel

44.5 x 60.5 cm

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Provenance

Private collection, London

The work, executed in landscape format, may have been part of a series dedicated to the Ten Commandments, to judge by the Latin inscription reading “PRÆCEPTVM .V. non occides” (FIFTH COMMANDMENT: thou shalt not kill). Although this is the first panel discovered from this hypothetical series, the execution of the clothing and the postures of the figures are highly reminiscent of previously-discovered works by the artist.

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