Martín Tovar y Tovar was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes.
Martín Tovar y Tovar. Portrait by Antonio Herrera Toro (1878)
Study for the Signing of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence
Gregor MacGregor
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in South America fought a civil war for secession and against unity of the Spanish Empire, emboldened by Spain's troubles in the Napoleonic Wars.
La Batalla de Carabobo, Martín Tovar y Tovar
Detail of The Battle of Carabobo (1887) by Martín Tovar y Tovar. Federal Capitol of Venezuela.