Saturday, March 22, 2025

Ignacio Merino
(1817 - 1876)
 
Ignacio Merino Muñoz was a Peruvian painter notable for historical and costumbrista works, and considered the founder of the Peruvian school of painting. Beginning at age 6, he spent much of his life in Paris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_Merino


Reading Don Quixote
1861
Oil on canvas
162 x 130.5 cm
Colección Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru
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