Miguel Cabrera became one of the most known painters during the 18th century. Cabrera had many important patrons ranging from the archbishop of Mexico City and the miner Jose de la Borda in Taxco. Cabrera is known for a series of Casta paintings. The Casta paintings were depictions of the mixed races in New Spain, current Mexico. De Mestizo y india, coyote is a painting Cabrera did in 1763 (Figure1). In the painting, the colors are very vivid and smooth. There is a man which is the Mestizo and a Women who is the India. The combination of races between a Mestizo and an India results in a Coyotes, and those are the two children in the photo. The Mestizo is wearing and old brown looking cape. The edges of the cape look worn out. The Mestizo’s
