Unknown Artist: Discovery of the Pulque by Queen Xochitl | Mexico | 1964 - vintage briefkaart Kunst

• Tarejeta Postal
• Foto Manuel Garay (Man)
• Foto Mexicana Apartado 13599 Mexico D.F.
• Descubirimento del pulque por la Reina Xochitl
• Discovery of the "pulque" by Queen Xochitl

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A well-known painting of Xochitl and Tecpancaltzin, El descubrimiento del pulque, was completed in 1869 by Mexican artist José Obregón. Obregón was trained, and painted in, a classical style popular in the 19th century. El descubrimiento del pulque is based on historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl's description of Xochitl as a beautiful virgin brought to Tecpancaltzin by her father, Papatzin. Papatzin was a Toltec noble, and a cultivator of maguey plants, also called agave plants and related to aloe. Xochitl presented to Tecpancaltzin a drink that she and/or her father invented, pulque, made from the honey of maguey. The painting was part of a cultural rise in Mexican nationalism during the period, yet the influence of classical European art symbolism appears throughout the painting. Xochitl is depicted as a Greek princess, and Tecpancaltzin is shown as a "Hellenic Apollo"; Mexico's "Indian past was thus civilized through a classical romantic filter"

More recently, Xochitl appears as one of the 999 women included in American artist Judy Chicago's installation work, The Dinner Party. Xochitl is named in the Heritage Floor.

Bron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochitl_(Toltec)

Toltec emperor Tecpancaltzin Iztaccaltzin on the throne being presented pulque and sugar. Papantzin is the man in front of him, next to him is his daughter Xochitl. She will be Iztaccaltzin's first wife and successor.

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