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Portuguese painter
Cristóvão de Figueiredo (died
c. 1540 ) was a
Portuguese
Renaissance painter.
Like many other important painters of the time, Cristóvão de Figueiredo was a pupil of Master
Jorge Afonso , in
Lisbon , in the early 16th century. He later worked together with
Francisco Henriques ,
Garcia Fernandes and
Gregório Lopes in executing various
altarpieces in Lisbon.
Between 1522 and 1533, Cristóvão de Figueiredo worked in the
Santa Cruz Monastery in
Coimbra and, in 1533, again joined Garcia Fernandes and Gregório Lopes in painting altarpieces for the
Monastery of Ferreirim , near
Lamego .
Many of his paintings are now in the
National Museum of Ancient Art (Lisbon) and the
Machado de Castro Museum (Coimbra).
Works
"Deposição no Túmulo" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Ecce Homo" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Trânsito da virgem" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Cristo deposto da cruz" - Patriarcado de Lisboa
"Exaltação da Santa Cruz" - Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro
"Martírio de Santo André" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Martírio de Santo Hipólito" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Menino Jesus entre os Doutores" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Tríptico da Paixão de Cristo" - Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
"Milagre da Ressurreição do Mancebo" - Museu Nacional Machado de Castro
"Santíssima Trindade" - Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
References
External links
International National Artists Other