Painting by Daniel Hernández Morillo
Saludo al presidente, also known as Saludo al presidente Leguía, is a 1921 oil on canvas painting by Peruvian artist Daniel Hernández Morillo. It is part of the collection of the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru in Lima. 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:
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.
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