Hernán Cortés, the famous conqueror of Mexico, enters Moctezuma's room with the interpreter Doña Marina and three or four of his captains, and with authority and resolution orders him to be put in shackles., Antoni Gómez i Cros, 1858

The work represents the moment when the famous spanish conquistador hernán cortés (1485-1547) ordered the arrest of emperor moctezuma xocoyotzin in 1519. Object Type: painting. Date: 1858. Dimensions: height: 230 cm (90.5 in); width: 166 cm (65.3 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museo del Prado. Hernán Cortés, el célebre conquistador de Méjico, entra con la intérprete doña Marina y tres o cuatro de sus capitanes en el aposento de Moctezuma, y con imperio y resolución le manda poner unos grillos