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Aleijadinho

1738 - 1814

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Antônio Francisco Lisboa (c. 29 August 1730 or 1738 – 18 November 1814), better known as Aleijadinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [aleiʒaˈdʒiɲu], lit. 'little cripple'), was a sculptor, carver and architect of Colonial Brazil, noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil. With a style related to Baroque and Rococo, Aleijadinho is considered almost by consensus as the greatest exponent of colonial art in Brazil by Brazilian critics and, surpassing Brazilian borders, for some foreign scholars he is the greatest name of Baroque in the Americas. Little is known with certainty about his biography, which remains shrouded in legend and controversy to this day, making the research work on his life very arduous. The main documentary source on Aleijadinho is a biographical note written only about forty years after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleijadinho is the 101st most popular sculptor (down from 97th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 167th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Aleijadinho ranks 101 out of 258. Before him are Mino da Fiesole, Desiderio da Settignano, Lorenzo Bartolini, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Antoine-Louis Barye, and Polykleitos the Younger. After him are Agoracritus, Antonio Rossellino, Adolf von Hildebrand, Hendrick de Keyser, Christian Daniel Rauch, and Benedetto da Maiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Aleijadinho ranks 14. Before him are Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Thomas Abbt, Ethan Allen, Arthur Phillip, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Johann Hermann. After him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., Jacques François Dugommier, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, and John Singleton Copley. Among people deceased in 1814, Aleijadinho ranks 18. Before him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Matthew Flinders, and Elbridge Gerry. After him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Georg Joseph Vogler, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Johan Tobias Sergel, and Johann Friedrich Reichardt.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Aleijadinho ranks 197 out of 2,236. Before him are Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938), Willian (1988), Raí (1965), Rita Lee (1947), Mazinho (1966), and Hélio Gracie (1913). After him are Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Nelson Freire (1944), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Carlos Mozer (1960), Carlos Kaiser (1963), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936).

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Among SCULPTORS In Brazil

Among sculptors born in Brazil, Aleijadinho ranks 1. After him are Cícero Moraes (1982).

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