Hiding in plain sight: an eighteenth-century portrait of an Inca leader
Historian article
By Emily C. Floyd, published 1st May 2026
In this article, Emily C. Floyd explores a rare eighteenth-century self-commissioned engraved portrait of an elite Indigenous man in colonial Lima. By comparing this unassuming image with a more overtly Inca portrait, the article reveals how Indigenous leaders navigated identity, loyalty, and colonial restrictions, using portraiture to assert agency in subtle but powerful ways...
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