Casta painting

Unknown artist, “Las Castas,” Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlan, Mexico, via Wikimedia. Casta paintings illustrated the varying degrees of intermixture between colonial subjects, defining them for Spanish officials.

Unknown artist, “Las Castas,” Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlan, Mexico, via Wikimedia. Casta paintings illustrated the varying degrees of intermixture between colonial subjects, defining them for Spanish officials.