Domingos Sequeira

Domingos António de Sequeira (Lisbon; 10 March 1768Rome; 8 March 1837) was a famous Portuguese painter at the Royal Court of King John VI of Portugal.

Biography

He was born in Belém, Lisbon, 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 Rome, where he was Antonio Cavallucci'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 Academy of St Luke. 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 prince regent, for Dona Maria Teresa, and for members of the court. He designed the valuable silver service which was presented by the Portuguese nation to Wellington, 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 lithography and etching. 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 ''Adoration of the Magi'' (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 Mafra National Palace, the Ajuda National Palace, and in the principal palaces and churches of Lisbon. The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (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)
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:Prince John of Portugal.jpg, ''Príncipe Regente, João'', 1802 ( Ajuda National Palace)
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)
File:Sequeira junot1.jpg, ''Junot protegendo a cidade de Lisboa'', 1808 ( Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis)
File:João Baptista Verde e Mariana Benedita.jpg, ''João Baptista Verde e Mariana Benedita'', 1809 ( Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga)
File:Alegoria às virtudes do Príncipe Regente D. João - Domingos Sequeira, 1810.png, ''Alegoria às virtudes de D. João VI'', 1810 ( Queluz National Palace)
File:Domingos Sequeira - Lisboa protegendo os seus habitantes, 1812.png, ''Lisboa protegendo os seus habitantes'', 1812 ( Pimenta Palace)
File:Conde de Farrobo - Domingos Sequeira.jpg, ''O Conde de Farrobo'', 1813 ( Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga)
File:Sopa dos Pobres em Arroios (1813) - Domingos Sequeira.png, '' Soup Kitchen in Arroios'', 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 ( Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga)
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 ( Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga)
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 ( Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga)
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
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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.

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1768 births
1837 deaths
Portuguese neoclassical painters
Portuguese Roman Catholics
Artists 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 Portuguese male artists