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Cover image: Attributed to José de Alcíbar, De Espanol y Negra, Mulato, Mexico, ca. 1760 (detail). Oil on canvas, 30⅝ × 38¾ in. (77.79 × 98.43 cm). Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2014.217.