Luis Montero Cáceres

[1] He is best known for his paintings El Perú Libre[2] and Los funerales de Atahualpa, the latter stolen by the Chilean Army in 1881 during the War of the Pacific as part of its occupation of Lima.

[1] In 1852, he was named director of the Academia de Dibujo in Peru, but was granted another scholarship to continue studying in Florence by José Rufino Echenique less than a year later.

Both the painting and its author left Florence toward South America, where it was exhibited the following year in Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.

[1] Prior to his fourth planned voyage to Europe, Montero fell ill, and died in the Hotel de la Unión in Callao.

[1] After his death, his painting of Atahualpa was looted by the Chilean Army during the War of the Pacific, being exhibited in the country's National Museum prior to its return to Peru through the efforts of Ricardo Palma.