Exploring the Early Americas

The Jay I. Kislak Collection

“The Battle of Otumba”

“The Battle of Otumba” (95)

About This Object

During this flight from Tenochtitlán, Cortés and his men encounter Cuitláhuac, the new Mexica leader of the Aztec empire, the brother of Moctezuma, who attacks the invaders.
* Currently on Exhibit
Second half of the seventeenth century Mexico. Oil on canvas. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (95)