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The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco. Throughout his life he worked in the district of San Sebastián and his house still exists. One of his earliest paintings is an Immaculate Conception from 1627, gilded in a fashion similar to that of the Cuzco school of painting. Nevertheless the elongated forms reveal a knowledge of Mannerism; it is unknown where from Quispe Tito learned the style, but he might have encountered it in the work of the Italian Jesuit Bernardo Bitti, who was active at the time in Cuzco. In addition, he is believed to have known Luis de Riaño in his youth, and may have taken some elements of his style.