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Portrait of an Indian Lady, Daughter of a Cacique

Anonymous
Oil on canvas
New Spain 1757
67 x 56 cm


This richly dressed young woman comes from a noble family of Indian descent. Wealthy families often commissioned portraits of their daughters before the young women entered a convent and took religious vows.

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