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Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520 – Antique Print

Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520

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This woodcut shows Montezuma II, the Mexica (Aztec) ruler whose capital, Tenochtitlan, stood on the site of present-day Mexico City. He governed in the years just before Hernán Cortés and his forces reached the city in 1519, and Montezuma died in Spanish custody in 1520. The print carries no date or maker on its record, and its dates are unverified, so it likely reflects European imagination more than a true likeness. Printed portraits like this one circulated in Europe during the 16th century, when readers were eager for images of the distant empire and its conquest.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : woodcut.
NotesReference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,216 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120901

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