José Nicolás de la Escalera

José Nicolás de Escalera (8 September 1734 – 3 July 1804) was a Cuban painter who specialised in Catholic art and portrait painting. He is often described as "Cuba's first painter", having been the earliest native-born artist to create a large, surviving body of professional work.

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