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Hernán Cortés

(Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547)

This work is an anonymous portrait of the famous Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés (C.E.1485-1547), based on the painting sent by the portrayed himself to Paulo Giovio, in which he appeared in profile and with a hat, serving as a model work for many representations of his bust from the C.E.16th century onwards.
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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. (From Wikipedia)

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