''Mariano Moreno en su mesa de trabajo'' ( es, Mariano Moreno at his work desk) is a portrait by the

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an artist

Pedro Subercaseaux Pedro León Maximiano María Subercaseaux Errázuriz (; December 10, 1880 – January 3, 1956) was a Chilean painter, son of the painter and diplomat Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña. He painted many portraits about events from the history of Chile ...

. It shows the

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Mariano Moreno Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution. Moreno was b ...

, Secretary of War of the

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, the first national government, working at his desk. It is currently regarded as the canonical image of Moreno.

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Mariano Moreno en su mesa de trabajo (borrador)

The portrait was requested to Subercaseaux by Antonio Carranza in 1908, in the context of the proximity of the

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two years later. His instructions were that the portrait should represent Mariano Moreno while working hard, late in the night, writing with a

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, with many papers scattered around, and worried by the gravity of the measures being taken. Subercaseaux was not very satisfied with his work, thinking that his version of Moreno was not as thin as Moreno was reported to be. The portrait is currently kept at the National Historical Museum.

References

{{Mariano Moreno Argentine paintings Works about the Argentine War of Independence 1908 paintings National Historical Museum (Argentina) Paintings in Argentina Books in art

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