Carmelo Fernández
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Carmelo Fernández was a Venezuela
n painter and illustrator. When Simon Bolivar
's remains were returned to Venezuela, he made sketches of the event; he also illustrated an atlas
by Agostino Codazzi
, and provided portraits for the Resumen de la historia de Venezuela, published in 1841.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n painter and illustrator. When Simon Bolivar
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
's remains were returned to Venezuela, he made sketches of the event; he also illustrated an atlas
Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets in the Solar System. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats...
by Agostino Codazzi
Agostino Codazzi
Giovanni Battista Agostino Codazzi was an Italian soldier, scientist, geographer and cartographer...
, and provided portraits for the Resumen de la historia de Venezuela, published in 1841.
Reference
- Leading Figures in Venezuelan Painting of the Nineteenth Century, Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, exhibition catalogue