Portrait of Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros
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| Portrait of Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros | |
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| Artist | Domenico Failutti |
| Year | 1920 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | Maria Quitéria de Jesus |
| Dimensions | 233 cm × 133 cm (92 in × 52 in) |
| Location | Museu Paulista, São Paulo |
Portrait of Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros (Portuguese: Retrato de Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros) is a painting by Domenico Failutti (1872-1923). Failutto, an Italian who worked in Brazil between 1917 and 1922, completed the work in 1920 on the occasion of the centenary of the Independence of Brazil. It depicts Maria Quitéria de Jesus (1792-1853), a combatant and folk hero in the campaign for the Independence of Bahia, a conflict part of the larger Brazilian independence movement.[1][2][3]
Quitéria served in the Brazilian War of Independence between 1822 and 1823 dressed as a man. She was subsequently promoted to cadet and Lieutenant, and ultimately decorated with the Imperial order. She, along with Maria Felipa de Oliveira (died 1873) and Sister Joana Angélica (1761-1822) of the Convent of Lapa in Salvador, are known as the three Bahian women resistance fighters in the War of Independence against the Portuguese.[3]