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Miguel Cabrera (Oaxaca 1695 - 1768) Mexican painter, s. XVIII. He is considered one of the most important painters of his time in New Spain.
Cabrera's works include religious paintings like: grand wall paintings, retablo designs, portraits and a series of castas ("breed" or "race") paintings. He painted for the Archbishop and for the Jesuit order. Cabrera's painting was influenced by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
In 1753, Miguel Cabrera founded Mexico's first "Academy of Painting".