''Saludo al presidente'', also known as ''Saludo al presidente Leguía'', is a 1921 oil on canvas

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vian artist Daniel Hernández Morillo. It is part of the collection of the of the

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. Its dimensions are 161 cm high and 259 cm wide.

Overview

The painting represents a moment from the reception ceremony of the foreign delegations at the Government Palace for the celebrations of the Centennial of the Independence of Peru. The characters that appear in the painting are: *Centre: greeting of General Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin, French hero of the

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, wearing the

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, shaking hands with Peruvian President

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in evening dress and with the

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Luis DuPrat, plenipotentiary minister of the Argentine Republic. *General José Ramón Pizarro, hero of the Battle of Pisagua. *Marshal

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (November 10, 1836 – October 10, 1923) served as the President of Peru two times during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th President of Peru, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th Preside ...

, hero of the Breña campaign, former president of Peru, and political ally of Leguía. *Then

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. *The

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, Alberto Salomón Osorio. *The person in charge of the protocol, . * Colombian diplomat,

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of the

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. *Archbishop Carlo Pietropaoli, apostolic nuncio of Pope Benedict XV. *Other members of the 34 delegations who attended the commemorative events. In reality it is an idealized picture, because no such event existed, the delegations attended President Leguía's house separately, and Charles Manguin did not arrive in time to join the French delegation during the presentations.

References

Paintings by Daniel Hernández 1921 paintings Paintings in Peru {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Saludo al presidente''