1766256 VII. From Spaniard and Morsica, Albino (VII. De espa簽ol y morisca, albino), c.1760 (oil on canvas) by Morlete Ruiz, Juan Patricio (1715-1770/80); 104.9x126x3.8 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA; (add.info.: One of 3 Casta paintings (originally 16) showing a family with parents of different races and their child. Colonial Mexico was peopled by Indians, Spanish, Creoles (born in the New World) and Africans slaves creating a mixed race (casta) population. Casta paintings showed a European audience how exotic yet ordered this society was. ); Mexican, out of copyright.