About the Jose Luis Bello y Gonzalez Museum. A Stronghold of Poblano Collectionism

Abstract

This article presents a brief overview of the history of collecting in Puebla, exemplified by the Jose Luis Bello y Gonzalez museum, one of the most representative collections of art in Mexico. Collecting in Puebla was initiated during the Viceroyalty, within ecclesiastical authority, later to be taken up by the rising bourgeoisie. The Bello family, as part of the bourgeoisie, was devoted to the collection of all kinds of works of art that make a stronghold of collecting in Puebla.