Jorge Afonso | Jesus visiting Maria The Madre de Deus church, Lisbon, Portugal, 1515Jorge Afons
Jorge Afonso | Jesus visiting Maria The Madre de Deus church, Lisbon, Portugal, 1515Jorge Afonso was nominated royal painter in 1508 by King Manuel I and again in 1529 by John III. He was mainly based in Lisbon, with a workshop near the Church of São Domingos. The main painted altarpieces attributed to Jorge Afonso were commissioned by the old Queen Leonor, widow of King John II and sister of Manuel I. For the former Queen, Jorge Afonso painted the main altarpiece of the Convent of Madre de Deus, in Lisbon, in 1515. This magnificent altarpiece is now in the National Museum of Ancient Art, in Lisbon. (x) -- source link
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