Room II · Colonial Mexico

Oil painting

Acuña Fecit

Oil painting on canvas, in a white/gold frame, signed "Acuña Fecit", showing figures of the first printing press in Mexico (a print shop with the Juan Pablos press and Fray Juan de Zumárraga, first bishop of Mexico, who began the efforts to introduce printing

Classification

Painting

Date

1519–1821 · 16th century

Material

Various

Dimensions

127.1 × 101.6 × 9.4 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.057.02630

Credits

Curator: Diana Arellano · Fotografía: Israel Salinas