Subject: Peru, Native American
Period: 1684 (published)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.1 x 6.1 inches
10.4 x 15.5 cm
A lovely small portrait of Atahualpa (also known as Atabalipa), who was the last ruler of the Incas. He wears a feathered headdress and holds an arrow.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 152-53; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with minor toning and faint, marginal foxing.