Pedro Américo (29 April 1843 – 7 October 1905)

Pedro Americo, The Liberation of Slaves 1889.

Pedro Americo was a Brazilian painter, writer, scientist, 

philosopher and poet. He studied painting at the Imperial Academy

of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro and then in Paris. He was a pupil of 

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Carle Vernet.

Pedro Americo, Faust and Gretchen.

Pedro Americo, Hamlet’s Vision 1893.

Pedro Americo, The Vote of Heloise 1880.

Pedro Americo, King Umberto I of 

Italy Attired with the Order of the Garter 1878.

Pedro Americo, The Battle of Avai 1872-1877.

Pedro Americo, Judith and Holofernes 1880.

Pedro Americo, Joana d’Arc 1883.

Pedro Americo, Moses and Jochebed 1884.

Pedro Americo, Coronation 

Portrait of Pedro II of Brazil 1872.

Pedro Americo, Marriage of Princess Isabel 1864.

Pedro Americo, The Arab Rebec Player 1884.

Pedro Americo, Passagem do Chaco 1860.

Pedro Americo, Our Lady of Sorrows 1883.