Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru

Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
ArtistJohn Everett Millais
Year1846
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions128.3 cm × 171.7 cm (50.5 in × 67.6 in)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru is an 1846 history painting by the English artist John Everett Millais.[1] Millais was sixteen when he produced the work, which depicts the seizure of the Incian Emperor Atahualpa by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1532. As his model for Pizarro, Millais used the actor Henry John Wallack who had notably played him in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play Pizarro.[2]

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1846.[3] His first work to exhibited there, it was praised by critics despite its poor location in the exhibition.[4] Soon afterwards Millais joined the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. It is today in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum having been acquired in 1897.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Covey p.23
  2. ^ Newall p.16
  3. ^ Sizeranne p.161
  4. ^ Newall p.16
  5. ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80546/pizarro-seizing-the-inca-of-oil-painting-millais-john-everett/

Bibliography

  • Covey, R. Alan. Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World. Oxford University Press, 2020.
  • Newall, Christopher. Pre-Raphaelites: Beauty and Rebellion. Liverpool University Press, 2016.
  • Sizeranne, Robert The Pre-Raphaelites. Parkstone International, 2023.
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