Capitan Inca

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Description

The figure of the Inca captain, recurrent in Andean viceregal painting, evokes post-conquest indigenous nobility. From the 17th century, their portraits fuse ancestral insignias with European elements, affirming lineage and authority within the complex order of the Peruvian viceroyalty.

Imágenes

Mineros Incas: Recopilación de las Indias — Anónimo (manuscrito medieval) El sexto capitán Otorongo Acha — Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala