Evaristo San Cristóval

Evaristo San Cristóval (26 October 1848, Cerro de Pasco – 8 December 1900, Lima) was a Peruvian painter, illustrator, and engraver.

His father, Dionisio, was a member of the first Restorative Expedition during the War of the Confederation and, after its defeat, settled in the remote village of Cerro de Pasco, where he was employed in mining.

While still a young man, Evaristo moved to Lima, where he studied at the College of Our Lady of Guadalupe from 1863 to 1868.

His first commissions came from the Italian-born industrialist, Pedro Bacigalupi, who owned a printing press that was used to produce the magazine El Perú Ilustrado, which was launched the same year.

He also served as the illustrator for some historical works; most famously, the Galería de los gobernadores y virreyes del Perú, by José Antonio de Lavalle, published in 1891, for which he produced a complete set of portraits depicting the Viceroys.