Many of us are used to seeing the above picture of Rizal's face when we search for him in the internet. Here are is a small collection of pictures of Rizal which are not commonly or easily found online.
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| Rizal as a student |
The above picture shows Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda when he was still a student at the University of Santo Tomas, taking up medicine (specialising in opthalmology). The date on the picture is 1879, meaning he would be around 18 years old at the time the photo was taken.
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| Rizal (seated) posing for Luna |
Rizal often agreed to pose for the paintings of his friend, Juan Luna. The picture above showed him posing as an Egyptian scribe in Luna's award winning painting "The Death of Cleaopatra" (1881). The painting won the silver medal in the 1881 National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid.
