Search

Location: Franz Mayer Museum

Miguel de Herrera, Portrait of a Lady, c. 1782, oil on canvas, 125 x 101 cm (Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City) — Taking inspiration from European portraits, this painting shows off the wealth of the sitter in colonial Mexico with her elaborate fashion

Miguel de Herrera, Portrait of a Lady

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker

Mexico City side, Biombo with the Conquest of Mexico and View of Mexico City, New Spain, late 17th century (Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City) — This screen offers an idealized bird’s eye view of Mexico City on one side, and depicts the Conquest on the other.

Biombo with the Conquest of Mexico and ...

by Dr. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford

Virgin of Guadalupe — The Virgin miraculously appeared to a Nahua man in 1531, and has since been the object of intense devotion.

Virgin of Guadalupe

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank