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Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
John Everett Millais1846 (painted) - 1846
The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
Oil painting, 'Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru', John Everett Millais, 1846
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- Title: Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
- Creator Lifespan: 1829 - 1896
- Date Created: 1846 (painted) - 1846
- Type: Oil painting
- Rights: Bequeathed by Henry Hodgkinson
- External Link: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80546
- painted: Great Britain, Britain
- artist: Millais, John Everett (Sir)
- Subjects Depicted: Peru; Pizarro, Francisco; Atahualpa; crucifix; priest; mother and children; religion
- Place Part Of: Britain
- More Information: The unusual subject of this painting is the capture of the Inca emperor Atahualpa by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1532. As a model for Pizarro, Millais used an actor who had recently appeared in a play of the same name. Millais was only 16 when he painted this work. It belonged to his half-brother.
- Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Height: 128.3 cm estimate, Width: 171.7 cm estimate
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