Cristóvão de Morais
Cristóvão de Morais was a 16th-century Portuguese court painter for the kings John III of Portugal and Sebastian I of Portugal. He painted numerous portraits for the kings, queens, and princes of Portugal.
Also recorded as Cristovao do Morais · Cristovao De Morais · Cristovao de Moraes · Cristóvão do Moraes
Cristóvão de Morais
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- Name
- Cristóvão de Morais
- Known for
- Renaissance art
- Movement
- Portuguese Renaissance
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Portuguese
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The recorded working language is Portuguese. The field of work recorded is Renaissance art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Portugal. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Cristóvão de Morais is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Ancient Art, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Convent of Las Descalzas Reales.
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Cristóvão de Morais appears in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a painter (1511 – 1621). The birth of Cristóvão de Morais is recorded in 1511, and the death in 1621.
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• Name — Cristóvão de Morais • Known for — Renaissance art • Movement — Portuguese Renaissance • Patrons — John III of Portugal Sebastian I of Portugal
Life
Life
When he was young, Morais studied in Antwerp. In 1554, he was appointed examiner of painters, an indicator of the degree of esteem in which he was taken by the court. In 1551, he decorated a bed for the queen's chamber D. Catherine, wife of D. John III, which was lost. In 1567 he painted the altarpiece of the church of the Convent of the Conception of Beja, also lost. His best known works are the two portraits of King Sebastian, one located in Madrid and the other, very similar to the first, now located in the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon. The portrait of Madrid, full-body, is signed and dated "1565 Christoforus Morales faciebat", while Lisbon was probably performed in 1571 at the request of D. Catherine, grandmother of Sebastian. In these works the young king is represented with a cold and challenging, befitting his personality, and wears a splendid armor. According to Vítor Serrão, the portrait of the King "is one of the most transcendent landmarks of the mannerist movement".
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Gallery
• Illustration — Joanna of Austria; 1551 • Illustration — Sebastian; 1565 • Illustration — Sebastian; 1565 • Illustration — Sebastian; 1571
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National Museum of Ancient Art, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Convent of Las Descalzas Reales
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