Image: Capitán general, Copia de un retrato de Hernán Cortés, ~1485 - 2-12-1547, retrato anónimo (1525)
Description: Copy made during the Mexican colonial period of a portrait dated to the year 1525 of Hernán Cortés, general captain of the Spanish troops that entered Mexico in 1519 and conquered it in 1521, who also acted as the first governor of New Spain. Aside from an illustration by a German artist Cristoph Weiditz, this is one of the three known copies of portraits that were likely made during Cortés' lifetime. Its artist is anonymous.
Title: Capitán general, Copia de un retrato de Hernán Cortés, ~1485 - 2-12-1547, retrato anónimo (1525)
Credit: Museo Nacional de Historia: https://mnh.inah.gob.mx/chimalli-tesoro-de-moctezuma-en-chapultepec
Author: Unknown authorUnknown author
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