Domingos da Cunha
Domingos da Cunha (c. 1598 – 11 May 1644), was a Portuguese painter. Da Cunha, also known as the "Cabrinha" (due to being a mulatto), studied painting in Madrid with Eugenio Caxés.
Domingos da Cunha
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- Born
- 1598. · Lisbon.
- Died
- 1644.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Portugal.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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He primarily painted religious-themed works. He painted The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola for the New Cathedral of Coimbra, and Visitation for Igreja de São Mamede. In March 1632 he became a lay brother Jesuit.
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Domingos da Cunha, an ethnologist, priest and painter, was born in 1598 in Lisbon and died in 1644. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola presents the statutes of the Society of Jesus to Pope Paul III, c. 1630, by Domingos da Cunha (called "o Cabrinha"). Church of Saint Roch, Lisbon, Portugal.
Domingos da Cunha · Museu de São Roque
Saint Francis Borgia, Museum of Saint Roch, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- 1.Grande Livro dos Portugueses
- 2.Grande Enciclopédia Universal (vol. 6)
- 3.Enciclopédia Larrousse (vol. 6)
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