Using the Greco-Roman past to forge a Mexican identity: Vilar's Tlahuicole VIDEO
Manuel Vilar, Tlahuicole, the Tlaxcaltecan General, Fighting in the Gladiatorial Sacrifice, 1851, plaster, 216 cm high (Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City)
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