Valley of Mexico from the Tepeyac
| Artist | José María Velasco (Mexican, 1840–1912) |
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| Title | Valley of Mexico from the Tepeyac (Valle de México desde el Tepeyac (this title appears in Velasco's inventory of his paintings - it is no. 237 on the inventory)) |
| Date | 1895 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Framed: 27 × 33 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (68.6 × 84.5 × 12.1 cm) Stretcher: 18 x 24 1/2 in. (45.7 x 62.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Morton and Marie Bradley Memorial Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 75.117.1 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A landscape seen from above, with trees in the foreground, a small town in the midground, and mountains in the background. The peaks of the mountain are covered with snow and there are large white clouds in the blue sky. A man shepherds his sheep down a path in the foreground, walking towards the town.
José María Velasco was the most renowned Mexican landscape painter of the nineteenth century. Trained in botany and natural science, Velasco sought to portray nature with great accuracy, while simultaneously adhering to a well-established artistic tradition of idealizing the landscape. In the 1890s, he painted nine practically identical views of the Valley of Mexico. Valley of Mexico from the Tepeyac, which depicts Mexico City on the flat valley floor and the Lake of Texcoco in the background, reflects Velasco’s meticulous attention to detail, color, perspective, and atmosphere.
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