European painting The Museo Franz Mayer is one of the few places in Mexico where European painting -the collection includes works dating back to the 14th Century- and Mexican painting can be seen together. The evolution of techniques can be seen, as can the conformation and representation of the individual in his geographical and social surroundings. The Spanish collection features works from the 14th to the 20 th centuries, including important paintings by José de Ribera “El Españoleto”, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Ignacio Zuloaga among others, while Italians such as Lorenzo Lotto and Alessandro Allori “El Bronzino” also stand out. Work from northern Europe is represented by artists such as Jacob Grimmer and Bartholomeus Bruyn. Flemish and Dutch works cap the European collection with handsome and valuable examples of hunting scenes, banquets, and scenes depicting daily life. They include portraits as well as a religious scenes with an evident delight in the representation of nature. A canvas displaying a remarkable delicacy is attributed to the late 17 th century Dutch painter Frans van Mieris. Mexican painting Mexican painting is represented by several colonial pieces, including several brilliantly executed religious painting by such prominent artists as Juan Correa, Miguel Cabrera, Juan and Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez and others. From the 16 th to the 18 th Century. Mexican painting was almost entirely religious and played an important didactic role. The immense artistic production of the colonial period was due to the dominant role that religion played in the daily life of our ancestors. The collection also includes extraordinary examples of secular art such as a portrait of well-known figures from 18 th Century, elegantly dressed in the fashion of the time. Important paintings by artists who travelled to México in the 19th Century and who wished to express the fascination they felt on discovering Mexican landscapes are also included. In the late 19 th and 20 th Centuries are represented in a landscape by José María Velasco, and an early painting by Diego Rivera entitled. El Paseo de los melancólicos.
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