Attributed to Mateo Perez de Alesio, also known as Matteo de Lecce (Lecce, Italy, 1547 - Lima, 1628).

Attributed to Mateo Perez de Alesio, also known as Matteo de Lecce (Lecce, Italy, 1547 - Lima, 1628). 'Adoration of the Shepherds' Oil on panel. 201 x 137 cm. Pérez de Alesio was a significant painter and sculptor, from the age of sixteen he was a distinguished apprentice in the workshop of Michelangelo Buonarroti, even working on the painting in the Sistine Chapel. The majority of his paintings are of a religious nature. In 1575, he settled in Spain, working at the Cathedral of Seville, and in 1588, he arrived in Lima, becoming the most important painter there for many years and an influence onlocal painters even after his death. He was the founder of one of the first art schools in Lima, according to research by the historian and Jesuit priest Rubén Vargas Ugarte. In 1590, he painted the portrait of the VIII Viceroy Don García Hurtado de Mendoza, IV Marquis of Cañete, who governed between 1589 and 1596.