Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo was a Brazilian novelist, poet, scientist, art theorist, essayist, philosopher, politician and professor, best remembered as one of the most important academic paint
The house where Pedro Américo was born, today a museum in his memory
Sócrates afastando Alcebíades dos braços do vício, 1861
Batalha de Campo Grande, 1871, depicting the Battle of Acosta Ñu
The 1888 painting Independence or Death, also known as the Cry of Ipiranga is an oil on canvas painting by Pedro Américo, from 1888. It is the best known artwork representing the proclamation of the B
Representation of the painting on the Monument to the Independence of Brazil.
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1863 painting that inspired Independência ou Morte.
1807, Friedland (c. 1861-1875), another painting by Meissonier that inspired Independência ou Morte.