Converso
Converso
Óleo sobre lienzo
Oil on canvas
3/3
2025 · 60 × 90 cm
Un "converso" era una persona de origen judío (y posteriormente musulmán/moro) que se había convertido al cristianismo, pero que era vista con extrema sospecha, bajo la acusación de practicar en secreto su antigua religión. Esta es una, de las tres piezas que conforman al conjunto de tres partes, "Judayzantes" inspirados en la inquisición española y novohispana. A "converso" was a person of Jewish (and later Muslim/Moorish) origin who had converted to Christianity, but was viewed with extreme suspicion, under the accusation of secretly practicing their former religion. This is one of three pieces that make up the three-part set, "Judayzantes," inspired by the Spanish and colonial Inquisition.