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Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
John Everett Millais, born 1829 - died 1896 - Enlarge image
Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (probably, painted)
- Date:
1846 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
John Everett Millais, born 1829 - died 1896 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Henry Hodgkinson
- Museum number:
121-1897
- Gallery location:
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries, case WEST WALL
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.
