In 1788, their home was destroyed in a fire, and the family moved into a church building.
In 1791, the family was living on St. Philip Street, near St. Louis Cathedral, where their youngest son, Ramon Rafael de la Crus, was born.
[4] Salazar is considered the foremost painter in Spanish Colonial Louisiana.
[4] He painted the portraits of many prominent citizens of colonial Louisiana, including members of the church, government and the military.
Some of his well-known sitters include Marianne Celeste Dragon, Don Carlos Trudeau Laveau, Joseph Montegut, Ignacio Balderas, Don Almonaster y Rojas, and Bishop Luis Ignatius Cardenas y Peñalver, among others.