Gran plaza de la ciudad de México después de la ocupación estadounidense en septiembre de 1847 (Grand Plaza of Mexico City, Following the American Occupation of September 1847)

Artiste
Emplacement
Zócalo, Plaza de la Constitución, S/N, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06010 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico
Date
1847
Matériaux
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
81.3 x 127 cm
Crédit
Loaned by the Louisiana State Museum
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A long-time resident of Mexico, Pedro Gualdi considered this square in Mexico City the seat of national power, politics, and identity. Painted in the months following the capture of the capital during the 1846–1848 Mexican-U.S. War, this scene references Mexico’s grand colonial past through the Spanish architecture of the national palace. The stars and stripes of the U.S. flag waving above the Grand Plaza mark this space as contested, yet Gualdi also asserts a sense of romantic nationalism in the face of defeat.