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The Iconography of Sucre (1966)
Alfredo Boulton: Iconography of the Great Field Marshal of Ayacucho. Caracas, Oscar Ascanio, Editors, 1994, 103 illustrated pages.
The very few images of Sucre which have been preserved all show similar traits: the one by Salas, the anonymous miniature painted in Bogotá, the magnificent portrait of yet another anonymous painter done in 1826, the portraits of Benalcázar, Espinosa and Carmelo Fernandez, all coincide with the same features, thus converting these works into the only valid reference point, as well as, the only ones that could eventually serve to make serious and scrupulous comparisons, since they agree in all the important particulars. The plurality of details is overwhelming.
It is astonishing that at this time, we still disagree as to the appearance of a man of such human and historic relevance as Sucre. How is it that countries that owe him so much, have been so neglectful in investigating the real appearance of a man so greatly responsible for the emancipation of South America?
Alfredo Boulton