America / Colonial History / Spanish Conquest of Mexico under Hern醤 Cort閟 1519-1521.- "Alza todo el ej閞cito por Capit醤 General y Justicia Mayor al Capit醤 Cort閟 - elige alcaldes ordinarios para la Villa Rica - manda poner horca y picota - Recibelo el Cacique Gordo y le saluda y sahuma". -(Appointment of the mayors of the settlement of Villa Rica de Vera Cruz; August 1519; erection of gallows and pillory; reception of the Cacique Gordo).Painting; around 1696/1715; by Miguel and Juan Gonz醠es.Panel III of the series: La Conquista de M閤ico (The Conquest of Mexico).Organic pigments; ink; stucco; mother-of-pearl and organic varnish on canvas on scrim panel; 100 x 52 cm.Inv. No. 6338.Buenos Aires; Fine Art Museum.