Ascendance to the Eagle Throne

In November 1680, an arch designed by Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora and constructed in the Plaza of Santo Domingo in Mexico City audaciously displayed a central panel depicting the incoming viceroy, Tomas de la Cerda, enthroned on a Mexican eagleand surrounded by ancient Mexica emperors. Siguenza s mirror for princes, Teatro de virtudes, curiously and cleverly endows the viceroy with two bodies, on...