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Date: 1829

Museum: Museu Histórico Nacional (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

Technique: Oil On Canvas

Forest interior by the sea. On the left, a group of indigenous people with tanned skin, in movement, with blue and red headdresses. In the center, in the foreground, two indigenous people with their backs and, in the background, a group of men, including one wearing armor, holding a long-stemmed cross. Above the heads, two flags, one red and one yellow. Beside this, another group, with a man standing in the center with brown hair and mustache, red suits, his left arm drooping and his right articulated on his chest. On the right, several indigenous people and a white dog amid the undergrowth. At the top, a palm tree. In the background, on the left, a closed forest composed of banana and palm trees. On the right, detail of the sea, vessel with large sails, silhouettes of mountains and sky in blue, gray and yellow tones.

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