Manuel Pereira de Sampaio (

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; 1692 -

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; February 1750) was a Portuguese nobleman and diplomat, who served as King

John V of Portugal Dom John V ( pt, João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 ...

's ambassador to the

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. He is remembered notably for having secured the styling of ''

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'' for the Portuguese monarchy, in 1748, and for compiling what is now known as the Weale Album (

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: ''Álbum Weale''), an extensive catalog of artistic commissions by John V for

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from Rome.

Life

The exact details of his origins are unclear, it is known that Pereira de Sampaio was born in

, in the

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, as a bastard of a minor

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, Jacinto de Sampaio Vieira Lobos. He was Knight of the Order of Christ. He was governor of the Church of

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, the Portuguese national church in Rome, and a prominent member of the artistic scene in Rome at the time. His position as governor, his personal reports on

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to King John V, and his close relationship with João Baptista Carbone, personal secretary of the Portuguese king, were all deciding factors in his nomination as ambassador to the papal court. While ambassador, Pereira de Sampaio cataloged the numerous artistic commissions made by King John V in Rome, including artwork destined for

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and the famed Chapel of St. John the Baptist, destined for the

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, in what is now known as the Weale Album. On 15 September 1742, by consideration of services made at the

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of Rome, Manuel Pereira de Sampaio, asked for a letter of confirmation of the

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of Santo António, of the Order of Christ and of the presentation of the

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, by abandonment of Manuel Caetano Lopes. On 9 March 1744 he received the mercy of Fidalgo of the Royal House with 16$000

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per month of Fidalgo Cavaleiro and a ''

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'' of

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per day. In 1748, Pereira de Sampaio achieved what is considered as the high point of his career, the granting of the style ''

'', by Pope Benedict XIV to King John V. Pereira de Sampaio died in February 1750, in

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, of an asthma attack, while preparing for an expedition back to

with works of art destined for the Patriarchal Basilica in Lisbon. He is buried in Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi with a funerary monument dedicated to him designed by

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