Miguel Cabrera (painter)

For other people named Miguel Cabrera, see Miguel Cabrera (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maldonado and the second or maternal family name is Cabrera.
Miguel Cabrera
Born
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera

1695
Nueva Antequera, New Spain
DiedMay 16, 1768(1768-05-16) (aged 72–73)
Mexico City
MovementBaroque

Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695 – May 16, 1768) was a Mexican painter of the late Baroque in New Spain. During his lifetime, he was recognized as the greatest painter in the viceroyalty. He created religious and secular art for the Catholic Church and wealthy patrons. His casta paintings, depicting interracial marriage among Amerindians, Spaniards and Africans, are considered among the genre's finest. Cabrera's paintings range from tiny works on copper to enormous canvases and wall paintings. He also designed altarpieces and funerary monuments.

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