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Accession #	47.119
Artist	Unknown
Title	Four Inca Kings: Tupac Yupanqui, Huayna Capac, Huascar Inca, Atahuallpa
Date	early 19th century
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	7 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (19.7 x 57.8 cm) Inscription Panels: 8 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (21 x 10.8 cm) frame: 27 7/8 x 35 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (70.8 x 91.1 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line	Gift of Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means in memory of Philip Ainsworth Means

Curatorial Remarks: This fragment of an Inca king portrait series was commissioned by the Guarachi family, one of the most prominent indigenous families of viceregal Peru. The domestic display of paintings of the Inca rulers was outlawed in the viceroyalty between 1781 and 1821, following a series of native revolts. After 1824, the portraits acquired a new significance in post-independence Peru as national icons.