The Valley of Mexico

The Valley of Mexico is an 1877 oil on canvas painting by the Mexican painter José María Velasco (1840–1912). One of the earliest landscape paintings in Mexican art, it caused controversy for its use of naturalistic and landscape techniques to create a photographic illusion, rare at that time. It shows Mexico City and the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes, all symbols of Mexico and is now in the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City.

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