Editing Hernán Cortés (section)

==Physical appearance==
In addition to the illustration by the German artist [[Christoph Weiditz]] in his ''Trachtenbuch'', there are three known portraits of Hernán Cortés which were likely made during his lifetime, though only copies of them have survived. All of these portraits show Cortés in the later years of his life.<ref name="Friede 1969">{{cite journal|author1-link=Juan Friede|first=Juan|last=Friede|title=The Coat of Arms of Hernando Cortés|journal=The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress|year=1969|volume=26|issue=2|pages=64–69|jstor=29781347|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29781347|access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> The account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire written by [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]], gives a detailed description of Hernán Cortés's physical appearance:
{{blockquote|He was of good stature and body, well proportioned and stocky, the color of his face was somewhat grey, not very cheerful, and a longer face would have suited him more. His eyes seemed at times loving and at times grave and serious. His beard was black and sparse, as was his hair, which at the time he sported in the same way as his beard. He had a high chest, a well shaped back and was lean with little belly.<ref>{{cite web |first=Iván|last=Vélez |date=April 5, 2019 |url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/historia/2019-04-06/ivan-velez-hechuras-de-hernan-cortes-87581/#:~:text=Era%20Fernando%20Cort%C3%A9s%20de%20buena,y%20en%20la%20paz%20tambi%C3%A9n. |title=Hechuras de Hernán Cortés |website=[[Libertad Digital]]}}</ref>|[[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]]}}