A portrait of Simon Bolivar painted in Lima in 1825 by José Gil de Castro

José Gil de Castro (1785-1841) was an Afro-Peruvian painter celebrated for his meticulous portraits of Peru's heroes.^[1]

References

1. ^ Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Anthony Appiah, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates. Page 339

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