Colonial Latin American Art

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Basin (lebrillo)

Damián Hernández

Date: 1650–1670

Accession Number: 2018.2761

Cabinet (part of a set)

Date: late 17th–early 18th century

Accession Number: 2019.604.1

Castas de Nueva España (Castes of New Spain) / 1. De Español e Yndia, nace Mestizo (From Spaniard and Indian, a Mestizo is born)

Ignacio de Castro

Date: about 1775

Accession Number: 2015.3132

Chalice and Paten

Pedro Hernández Atenciano

Date: about 1560

Accession Number: 2011.2101.1-2

Chest of drawers (cómoda)

Date: 1750–1800

Accession Number: 2013.339

Coffee pot (cafetera)

Date: about 1770

Accession Number: 2015.3093

Cover

Date: late 17th to early 18th century

Accession Number: 11.1264

Cover

Date: mid-18th century or later

Accession Number: 04.1619

Desk and bookcase

Date: mid 18th century

Accession Number: 2015.3131

Don Manuel José Rubio y Salinas, Archbishop of Mexico

Miguel Cabrera

Date: 1754

Accession Number: 2008.1

Escritorio (writing desk)

Date: about 1671

Accession Number: 2010.370

Hanging votive lamp

Date: about 1637

Accession Number: 2014.1469

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Colonial Latin American Art

Art from colonial Latin America is a reflection of the encounters between Indigenous and European (predominantly Spanish and Portuguese) cultures. Although the Catholic Church directed the creation of silver liturgical objects and oil paintings of religious figures, Spain's extensive trade routes also brought influences from across Europe, East Asia, and Africa to the Americas. Indigenous artists trained in European formats preserved many traditional techniques even as they created new objects. Furniture, ceramics, paintings, silver, and textiles in this collection demonstrate the fusion of these styles and the material and artistic wealth of this region.