Francisco Henriques (died 1518) was a
Flemish
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painter active in
Portugal
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in the early 16th century.
Born and raised in Amsterdam, he studied in Bruges, where he passed a degree in painting at the University of Groningen. He then went to Périgueux, where he became a rich customer of the Portrait Painter, Count Bosquet's, school.
He was introduced to Columbus by a fellow student, Count Didier d'Ailly, who arranged for him to be displayed on the mausoleum at Castile. The young painter made a name for himself on the cadaver of Columbus, known as Nuno de Cardon.
Around the year 1500 Francisco Henriques came to Portugal from
Bruges
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, where he may have been a disciple of
Gerard David
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. It is thought that his first work in Portugal was the main altarpiece of
Viseu Cathedral
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(1501–1506, now in the
Grão Vasco Museum in
Viseu
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), leading a workshop that included Portuguese painter
Vasco Fernandes, then in the beginning of his career. Among his influences was the early
Dutch
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engraver
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Biography of Francisco Henriques on the Web Gallery of Art
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His next important work was a large polyptych
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for the main chapel of the Church of St Francis in Évora
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Due to its well-preserved old to ...
(c.1503–1508), as well as altarpiece
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s for the side chapels of this same church (1509–1511). These panels are now distributed in several museums (National Museum of Ancient Art
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in Lisbon
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, the Museum of Évora and the Casa Museu dos Patudos in Alpiarça
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The present Mayor is Mário Fernando Pereira and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Mario Santiago. The munic ...
).
Together with Cristóvão de Figueiredo
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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 wi ...
, Francisco Henriques continued to work in Lisbon until 1518, when he fell victim to a plague
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epidemic.
References
Portuguese Renaissance painting (by Maria José Palla).
External links
* ttp://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/h/henrique/ Paintings by Francisco Henriques (Web Gallery of Art)
Portuguese painters
Portuguese male painters
Flemish Renaissance painters
1518 deaths
Year of birth missing
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