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Francisco Javier Cortés Alcocer (1770 - 1841)

• Was an Ecuadorian-born painter and botanical artist.
• Born in Quito, Ecuador.
• He was the son of painter José Cortés Alcocer.
• A student of Salvador Rizo.
• He worked as a botanical illustrator for the Mutís (the Royal Botanical Expedition of the New Empire of Granada) expedition from 1790 to 1798, creating at least 21 known botanical plates.
• He moved to Lima, where he worked at the Medical College of San Fernando starting in 1816.
• Aside from botanical illustrations, he produced gouaches of women's costumes and a painting of The Death of Saint Joseph located in Lima's San Francisco church.
• He is often attributed as the painter of the Entrada en la ciudad de Quito de las tropas españolas (1809).
• Cortés designed the first versions of the Peruvian National Shield created by José de San Martín in 1820 and its subsequent 1825 reform.
• He is attributed with an album of watercolors titled Six Tapadas, depicting the iconic veiled women of 19th-century Lima.
• Later he was directing the Academy of Drawing and Painting in Lima, Peru, from 1806
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Sketch for The Revolt of Cairo (1809-1810)

Francisco Javier Cortés, Annunciation, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Annunciation, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Annunciation to Saint Joseph, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Annunciation to Saint Joseph, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Annunciation

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Annunciation

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Annunciation

Francisco Javier Cortés, Birth of jesus, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Birth of jesus, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Birth of jesus, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Adoration of the Magi, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Adoration of the Magi, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Adoration of the Magi, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Circumcision, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Circumcision, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Circumcision, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Presentation of the child, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Presentation of the child, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Madonna di Tagliavia

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Madonna di Tagliavia

Francisco Javier Cortés, Madonna di Tagliavia

Francisco Javier Cortés, Jesus among the doctors, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Jesus among the doctors, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Rest during the flight to Egypt, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Rest during the flight to Egypt, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Rest during the flight to Egypt, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Flight into Egypt

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, Dormitory, XIX century

Francisco Javier Cortés, Dormitory, XIX century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Assumption of the Virgin, XVIII century

Original, Museo de los Descalzos, Lima, Peru.
Visited in 2026.

Francisco Javier Cortés, The Assumption of the Virgin, XVIII century