# Original – Proclamation of the Republic, 1893, oil on canvas by Benedito Calixto (1853-1927). The proclamation of the Republic took place in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Empire of Brazil, when a group of military officers of the…

- By: Benedito Calixto
- Date: 1893
- Classification: Painting
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proclama%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_by_Benedito_Calixto_1893.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Proclama%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_by_Benedito_Calixto_1893.jpg/1920px-Proclama%C3%A7%C3%A3o_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_by_Benedito_Calixto_1893.jpg
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