Source: Botero; Paintings and Drawings (New York, 2007), fig. 10.
Image: Botero, "Official Portrait of the Military Junta", 1971.
Humanities Questions: What are a couple of aspects you see in this painting that may be generally rtelated to Colombian events in the twentieth century, especially a decade before and after the date of this painting (see .mht webpage: => Colombia)? What characters are represented in this canvas and what is the relationship between them? To what great Spanish painting might this painting be compared? What does the difference in size between the characters suggest to you?