Died 1780 Name Miguel do | Nationality Portuguese | |
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Patron(s) Joseph I of Portugal
Maria I of Portugal
Jose, Prince of Brazil | ||
Miguel Antonio do Amaral (Lisbon; 1710 – Lisbon; 1780) was a Portuguese court painter to the House of Braganza, progressing in the years from the household of Joseph I of Portugal to that of Maria I of Portugal and finally to the household of Jose, Prince of Brazil.
1773 Commission
In 1773, Amaral was commissioned by Joseph I of Portugal to make two sets of portraits featuring the King and his wife, Mariana Victoria of Spain. After the completion of his grandfather's set of portraits in mid-1773, Jose, Prince of Beira ordered a similar commission by Amaral, but also asking for a second portrait of Jose, for his mother, Maria I of Portugal. These works would gain Amaral incredible fame throughout Portugal and Europe as an able portrait painter, having done five incredibly detailed and large portraits in one year.