Imperio azteca, en una mesa de piedra junto a una pirámide, un soldado castellano blanco y corpulento, despojado de sus ropas, yace maniatado sobre el altar de sacrificios de la pirámide, un guerrero azteca semidesnudo lo sacrifica clavando un cuchillo en el pecho del hombre blanco, la multitud aclama a los dioses. Luce el sol.
A ceremonial scene at the foot of a huge stone pyramid under an intense sun, with a crowd gathered around an elevated platform where a naked person lies face down, motionless, illuminated by golden light. Several figures in ritual attire, necklaces, bracelets and decorated loincloths participate in what appears to be a sacrifice or ancient religious rite; one of them raises an arm with an object while another leans near the prone body. The monumental architecture, the stepped blocks, the dust in the air and the semi-naked spectators evoke a pre-Columbian civilization, with a solemn, dramatic atmosphere charged with ceremonial tension.