Marcos Rivera (c.1630-1704) was a Peruvian painter, considered the initiator of zurbaranism in Cuzco at the end of the 17th century.
Its first documented commission dates from 1660, when it paints an apostolate and the image of Our Lady of Conception for the Convent of Mercy of Cuzco. From this commission are preserved the works relating to St. John, St. Simon, St. Thomas, St. Jude Thaddeus and St. Matthew.
In 1666 he painted a San Pedro Nolasco taken to the choir by angels, based on the engraving by Claude Melleán, which is in the church of La Merced. Later he painted San Francisco contemplating the skull in the trascoro of the Recoleta of the Cusco. Also of that year is the Series of San Juan Bautista, that is in the Church of Ink and is conformed by the following canvases:
In the Cathedral of Sucre there is a San Bartolomé attributed to Perez Holguín which is actually the work of Rivera. The work he did in the Comapañía de Cuzco is lost in its entirety. Bibliography
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