Domingos António de Sequeira (

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; 10 March 1768

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; 8 March 1837) was a famous Portuguese painter at the Royal Court of King

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Biography

He was born in Belém,

, into a modest family. He later changed his family name from Espírito Santo to the more aristocratic Sequeira. He studied art first at the academy of Lisbon, before moving to

, where he was

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`s pupil. By the age of thirteen, he had evinced such marked talent that F. de Setubal employed him as an assistant in his work for the João Ferreiras Palace. Sequeira resided in Rome from 1788 to 1794, when he was made honorary member of the

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. After another two years and further study in Italy, he returned to his native country with such a great reputation that important commissions for churches and palaces were immediately entrusted to him: scriptural subjects, large historical compositions and cabinet pictures. In 1802, he was appointed first court painter and, in this role, executed many works for the

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, for Dona Maria Teresa, and for members of the court. He designed the valuable silver service which was presented by the Portuguese nation to

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, and a monument that was erected in 1820 in the Rossio square at Lisbon. In 1823, he visited Paris where he is known to have tried his skill in

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and

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. In 1825, he painted the "Death of Camões", which was considered by many to be the first proto-romantic or romantic Portuguese painting. The last years of his life he spent in Rome, devoting himself chiefly to devotional subjects and to his duties as head of the Portuguese Academy. He saw a Turner exposition in the late 1820s, that served as inspiration for some of his best paintings, like his ''

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'' (1828). He died in Rome in 1837.

Works

Among his best-known pictures are the ''Miracle of Ourique'', ''Prince John Reviewing the Troops at Azumbuja'', and ''The Adoration of the Magi''. Numerous paintings by Sequeira are held at the

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, the

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, and in the principal palaces and churches of Lisbon. The

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(National Museum of Ancient Art), in Lisbon, has one of the best collections of his paintings.

Gallery

File:Alegoria da Fundação da Casa Pia de Belém.jpg, ''Alegoria à Fundação da Casa Pia'', 1792-1794 ( Musee du Louvre) File:BatalhaOurique.jpg, ''O Milagre de Ourique'', 1793 ( Musée Louis-Philippe) File:Domingos Sequeira - Pregação de S. João Baptista, 1793.png, ''Pregação de S. João Baptista'', 1793 (

Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa The Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa ( pt, Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa) is a royal palace in Portugal, located in the civil parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in the municipality of Vila Viçosa, in the Alentejo, situated about 150 km (93 ...

) File:Deuses no Olimpo (1794) - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Deuses no Olimpo'', 1794 File:Última Comunhão de Santa Maria Madalena (c. 1800) - Domingos Sequeira (1768-1837).png, ''Última Comunhão de Santa Maria Madalena'', c. 1800 File:Retrato do Príncipe Regente D. João (1802) - Domingos Sequeira (Palácio da Ajuda).png, ''Príncipe Regente, João'', 1802 (

) File:Dom João, Príncipe Regente, passando revista às tropas na Azambuja - Domingos Sequeira, 1803.png, ''O Príncipe Regente passando revista às tropas na Azambuja'', 1803 (

Queluz National Palace The Palace of Queluz ( pt, Palácio de Queluz, ) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europ ...

) File:Sequeira junot1.jpg, ''Junot protegendo a cidade de Lisboa'', 1808 (

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) File:João Baptista Verde e Mariana Benedita.jpg, ''João Baptista Verde e Mariana Benedita'', 1809 (

) File:Alegoria às virtudes do Príncipe Regente D. João - Domingos Sequeira, 1810.png, ''Alegoria às virtudes de D. João VI'', 1810 (

) File:Domingos Sequeira - Lisboa protegendo os seus habitantes, 1812.png, ''Lisboa protegendo os seus habitantes'', 1812 (

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) File:Conde de Farrobo - Domingos Sequeira.jpg, ''O Conde de Farrobo'', 1813 (

) File:Sopa dos Pobres em Arroios (1813) - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''

Soup Kitchen in Arroios ''Soup Kitchen in Arroios'' (Portuguese: ''Sopa dos Pobres em Arroios'') is an etching by Domingos Sequeira, from 1813. Description The painting is an etching on paper with overall dimensions of 42 x 78 centimeters. It is in the collection of t ...

'', 1813 File:D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1º Duque de Palmela - Domingos Sequeira.jpg, ''D. Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1.º Duque de Palmela'' File:Retrato da Família do 1.º Visconde de Santarém (1816) - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Família do Visconde de Santarém'', 1816 (

) File:Joaquina Carlota de Bourbon.JPG, ''Retrato Equestre de D. Carlota Joaquina'', 1817 ( Museu Imperial) File:Domingos Sequeira - Portugal à beira do abismo, 1820.png, ''Portugal à beira do abismo'', 1820 File:Retrato de D. João VI - Domingos Sequeira - 1821.jpg, ''D. João VI'', 1821 File:Família Barros.jpg, ''A Família Barros'', 1822 File:Domingos Sequeira - Mariana Benedita Sequeira.jpg, ''Mariana Benedita Sequeira'', 1822 (

) File:Adrião Ribeiro Neves.jpg, ''Adrião Ribeiro Neves'', 1825 (Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) File:A Adoração dos Magos (1828) - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Adoração dos Magos'', 1828 File:Coroação da Virgem - Domingos António de Sequeira (c. 1830).png, ''Coroação da Virgem'', c. 1830 (

) File:Tobias cura a cegueira de seu pai - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Tobias cura a cegueira de seu pai'', S.D. File:Jesus é despojado das Suas vestes - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Jesus é despojado das Suas vestes'', S.D. File:Condes de Linhares - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Retrato dos Condes de Linhares'', S.D. File:Nossa Senhora das Dores - Domingos Sequeira.png, ''Nossa Senhora das Dores'', S.D.

References

Scholarly articles
in English bout Domingos António de Sequeira both in web an
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@ th
Spanish Old Masters Gallery

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda

Sources

* José-Augusto França, ''A Arte em Portugal no Século XIX'', Lisboa, Bertrand Editora, 1991, volume 1. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sequeira, Domingos 1768 births 1837 deaths Portuguese neoclassical painters Portuguese Roman Catholics People from Lisbon Painters at the Portuguese royal court 18th-century Portuguese painters 18th-century male artists Portuguese male painters 19th-century Portuguese painters 19th-century male artists