Curator Ilona Katzew, an art historian at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts, notes in the catalogue that Spanish colonists commissioned casta paintings and sent them abroad, usually as gifts, to display ...
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TheCollector on MSNWhat Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?The terminologies and depictions that emerged from the casta system in the mid-17th century were reflections of the basic ...
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