Implausibility can be difficult to recognize. You have to have thorough background information to be able to create such a hypothesis. As I was reading, something that caught my interest was the portrait created by Titian, “The Council”. It describes much detail, reasonings why the detail is portrayed, as well as the significance of the painting. Per Binet, “The Inca is represented as the son of the Sun, in his scarlet crown, offering his best profile (the artist having taken are to conceal the ear that was wounded during the civil war with his brother), a blue parrot on his arm, a gold bracelet around his left wrist.” (Binet, 162.)
The reason I chose to look into the plausibility of the painting is due to the great background information and detail described. Looking through multiple databases, I only came across one portrait, and some of the detail is missing. Therefore, I believe the painting was lost through time, or just exaggerated to have a better perspective of the Inca’s. I have attached the link to the portrait from the scholarly source provided from the University of California as well as the image. As well as not being able to find the exact painting described, I also do not have any information leading to Titian creating the painting. Although the specifics do not match up, the painting shows the great courage and patriotism of the Inca.
BINET, LAURENT. Civilizations. PICADOR, 2022.
1728. King Atahualpa. https://library-artstor-org.umw.idm.oclc.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822001445962.