The Art of Fighting

Capoeira Painting by Augustus Earle

Posted by on Sunday, April 28, 2013 Under: Art



Title:  Negros Fighting

Date:  c1824

Artist:  Augustus Earle

Infomation:  This painting is an early rendition of an illegal capoeira fight in Rio de Janeiro.
It was painted by English born artist Augustus Earle during his three year spell in Brazil in the 1820s.

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