Source: Margo Glanz, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; saberes y placeres. Toluca, México: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, 1996, p. 42.
Image: Anonymous, oil on canvas, 18th century. This full-length portrait of the Bishop of Puebla, Fr. Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz is in bad repair.
Huamnities questions: (A) Identify five significant images and elements in this painting: analyze them, and evaluate them in their separate parts and as parts of a whole. (B) What is this painting communicating? Correlate your ideas with the fact that he used the pseudonym Sor Filotea de la Cruz when he wrote to Sor Juana.