Brandt pictured himself while illustrating the rock paintings in the Cerca Grande cave.
Peter Andreas Brandt (14 June 1792 – 20 September 1862) was a Norwegian
painter and
illustrator.[1] He worked as an illustrator with the Danish
paleontologistPeter Wilhelm Lund in
Brazil,[2] producing works such as a map of the Lapa Vermelha cavern.[3] Brant lived in the Brazilian town of
Lagoa Santa, where he is buried.[4]
Birgitte Holten, Michael Sterll og Jon Fjeldså (red.): Den forsvundne maler. P.W. Lund og P.A. Brandt i Brasilien, Museum Tusculanums Forlag 2003,
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