Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru
1846 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 128.3 × 171.7 cm
Painted at age sixteen Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru is one of the earliest known works by John Everett Millais. The model depicting Pizarro had recently appeared in a play as Pizarro in a play by the same name which no doubt was the influence behind this painting.
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About this artwork
Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru (1846) by John Everett Millais, oil on canvas.
About John Everett Millais
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools.
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