From Spanish and Indian, Mestizo (De Español y India sale Mestizo)
European Art
Mexico defines the Caribbean basin’s western border. There, in the eighteenth century, casta (caste) paintings recorded racial mixing through a series of imagined family groups for a largely European audience. In this example, a well-dressed Spanish man, his indigenous wife, and their mestizo child drink pulque, the once-sacred indigenous beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant.
The elaborate classifications and hierarchy of Spain’s caste system, in which white Spaniards were the most privileged, emerged as an effort to impose order throughout the empire on an increasingly diverse society.
México define la frontera occidental de la cuenca del Caribe. Ahí, en el siglo dieciocho, las pinturas de casta documentaron la mezcla racial, a través de una serie de pinturas de familias imaginadas, para un público en su mayoría europeo. En este ejemplo un hombre español bien vestido, su esposa indígena y su hijo mestizo toman pulque, la bebida indígena alguna vez sagrada, hecha de la savia fermentada del maguey.
Las elaboradas clasificaciones y la jerarquía del sistema de casta español, que otorgaban los más grandes privilegios a los españoles blancos, surgieron como un esfuerzo imperial para imponer el orden en una sociedad cada vez más diversa.
The elaborate classifications and hierarchy of Spain’s caste system, in which white Spaniards were the most privileged, emerged as an effort to impose order throughout the empire on an increasingly diverse society.
México define la frontera occidental de la cuenca del Caribe. Ahí, en el siglo dieciocho, las pinturas de casta documentaron la mezcla racial, a través de una serie de pinturas de familias imaginadas, para un público en su mayoría europeo. En este ejemplo un hombre español bien vestido, su esposa indígena y su hijo mestizo toman pulque, la bebida indígena alguna vez sagrada, hecha de la savia fermentada del maguey.
Las elaboradas clasificaciones y la jerarquía del sistema de casta español, que otorgaban los más grandes privilegios a los españoles blancos, surgieron como un esfuerzo imperial para imponer el orden en una sociedad cada vez más diversa.
CULTURE
Mexican
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
early 18th century
DIMENSIONS
31 1/2 × 40 3/16 in., 29 lb. (80 × 102.1 cm, 13.15kg)
frame: 36 1/4 x 45 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (92.1 x 115.6 x 7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.86.1
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett and Charles A. Schieren, gift of Alfred T. White and Otto H. Kahn through the Committee for the Diffusion of French Art, by exchange
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Mexican. From Spanish and Indian, Mestizo (De Español y India sale Mestizo), early 18th century. Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 × 40 3/16 in., 29 lb. (80 × 102.1 cm, 13.15kg). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Samuel E. Haslett and Charles A. Schieren, gift of Alfred T. White and Otto H. Kahn through the Committee for the Diffusion of French Art, by exchange
, 2011.86.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2011.86.1_PS6.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2011.86.1_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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