SCULPTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleijadinho has received more than 171,230 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Aleijadinho is the 97th most popular sculptor (up from 99th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 162nd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Sculptor.

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  • 27

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  • 2.58

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  • 3.95

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Aleijadinho ranks 97 out of 258. Before him are Stefano Maderno, Nikolaus Gerhaert, Jean de Chelles, Leone Leoni, Kresilas, and Thutmose. After him are Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Calamis, Antonio Rossellino, Agostino di Duccio, Apollonius of Tralles, and Antoine Coysevox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Aleijadinho ranks 13. Before him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, Thomas Abbt, Arthur Phillip, and Jacques François Dugommier. After him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Johann Hermann, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, Jacques-André Naigeon, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1814, Aleijadinho ranks 15. Before him are Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Arthur Phillip, and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier. After him are Georg Joseph Vogler, Matthew Flinders, Elbridge Gerry, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Aleijadinho ranks 167 out of 2,236. Before him are Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1910), Aymoré Moreira (1912), Hélio Gracie (1913), Charles, Duke of Guise (1571), Thiago Motta (1982), and Jorginho (1964). After him are Xuxa (1963), Rita Lee (1947), Júlio César (1979), Lucélia Santos (1957), Waldo Machado (1934), and Nelson Freire (1944).

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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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