Study the painting, then answer the question below.

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Which of the following are reasons why a historian would not use this painting as a source of information about Columbus’s voyages in the late 15th century?

Bierstadt, A. (1893). The landing of Columbus. (Image.) Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new window). [Public Domain]

Select one:

a.
The painting is based on the imagination of the American painter Albert Bierstadt, and not on a specific historical primary source.


b.
All of these options.


c.
The perspective of the painting suggests that it was produced by a native American, but we know that native Americans did not use oil colors for paintings.


d.
The painting was made in the 1890s, more than 400 years after the event it portrays.