to regain control of the artistic expression of its colonies in the Americas

to further encourage the artistic and culture independence of its colonies in the Americas

to distract its colonial citizens from the growing unrest within its colonies

to gentrify its colonial citizens who had begun to fall back into indigenous Aztec traditions

to train artists from its colonies in the Americas for future employment in Spain

Spanish painters who had relocated to New Spain to continue their careers

young, indigenous painters eager to learn how to create Spanish art

Protestants who were eager to convert the indigenous population

None of these answers

Catholic priests