Using the Greco-Roman past to forge a Mexican identity: Vilar’s Tlahuicole

Manuel Vilar, Tlahuicole, the Tlaxcaltecan General, Fighting in the Gladiatorial Sacrifice, 1851, plaster, 216 cm high (Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City)

A conversation between Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker