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João Baptista da Costa
Counselor Rodrigues Alves, 1902 - 1906
Author:
João Baptista da CostaBio:
Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1865 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ,1926Title:
Counselor Rodrigues AlvesDate:
1902 - 1906Medium:
Óleo sobre papelãoDimensions:
25 x 22,5 x 0,5 cmCredit line:
Sem dataObject type:
PinturaInventory number:
MASP.00495Photography credits:
Eduardo Ortega
The work portrays Brazilian statesman Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848-1919), three-time president of the province of São Paulo, and later of the state (1887, 1900-1902, 1912-1916), president of the Republic from 1902 to 1906, and again in 1918 when poor health prevented him from being sworn into office. To judge by the subject’s apparent age (fiftyish), this was probably a draft for a portrait of the statesman as President, and therefore was likely painted between 1902 and 1906.
— Unknown authorship, 1998
