"The Destruction of Mission San Sabá in the Province of Texas and the Martyrdom of the Fathers Alonso de Terreros, Joseph Santiesteban," the first painting by a professional artist of a historical scene in Texas. Painted in 1765, about six years after the event, on commission from mining magnate Pedro Romero de Terreros, cousin of the martyred priest and sponsor of the mission. While the mural is not signed, the artist is believed, on stylistic grounds, to have been Jose de Paez.
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