Cayetano Descalzi (or Gaetano Descalzi) (1809–1886) was an Italian painter and engraver who came to the Río de la Plata, now Argentina, in the 1820s.

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In 1830, Descalzi married Juliana Miró, the widowed mother of Carlos Morel, who was also to become a celebrated artist. They legally separated eight years later.

Descalzi is recognized for his oil lithograph of Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, made in 1841, entitled "Rosas, el Grande", printed the following year by Lemercier of París. He also made the portrait of the magistrate Don Tomas Giráldez in Quilmes. One of his pupils was Cándido López (1840-1902).

Gallery

  • Tomás Giráldez y Giráldez, c. 1840
  • Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires province in Argentina
  • Boudoir federal, c. 1845. Note portrait of Rosas on the wall.
  • Autorretrato

Citations

Sources

  • Agnelli, Chalo (16 May 2012). .
  • Argentino Roca, Julio (29 August 2010). .
  • . Argentinidad.com. Archived from on 2013-03-02.
  • . Gobeirno de Santa Fe.