Lienzo of Tlaxcala

Lienzo de Tlaxcala

c. 1550

A manuscript consisting of a large scene at the top followed by 87 smaller scenes arranged in 13 horizontal rows. It depicts Spanish conquistadors arriving among the Tlaxcalans and their joint campaign of conquest to overthrow Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

Manuscrito que consiste en una escena de grandes dimensiones en la parte superior seguida de 87 representaciones más pequeñas en hileras horizontales. Se trata de escenas que representan la llegada de los conquistadores españoles a Tlaxcala y su alianza contra los aztecas para conquistar México-Tenochtitlan.

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Tlaxcala (Mexico)

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Twenty-eight scenes painted in watercolors on European paper. A late 17th-early 18th century version copied during the 19th century.

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