Joaquim Machado de Castro
Joaquim Machado de Castro | |
---|---|
![]() Portrait of the Master Sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro | |
Born | |
Died | 17 November 1822 | (aged 91)
Nationality | Portuguese |
Known for | Sculpture |
Patron(s) | Joseph I of Portugal |
Signature | |
![]() |
Joaquim Machado de Castro (19 June 1731 – 17 November 1822) was one of Portugal's foremost sculptors. He wrote extensively on his works and the theory behind them, including a full-length discussion of the statue of King Joseph I entitled Descripção analytica da execução da estatua equestre, Lisbon 1810.
Life
Machado de Castro was born in Coimbra, and was a celebrated figure throughout Europe in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Descripção is the artist's detailed comments on the style and execution of his finest work, the equestrian statue of D. José I, erected in 1775 as part of the rebuilding of central Lisbon after the disastrous earthquake of 1755. The stages of construction are illustrated with sections and cross-sections of the horse and rider, views of the statue from different angles, and details of armor and ornamentation. This bronze statue remains one of Lisbon's most important monuments, and dominates one of the major squares of Europe, the Praça do Comércio or Terreiro do Paço. In the introduction, Machado de Castro comments on similar works of art in the rest of Europe.
Machado de Castro had a famous school and was the Master of many sculptors. He died in Lisbon. In Coimbra there is a prestigious art museum named in his honour, the Machado de Castro National Museum.
References
- Articles lacking sources from August 2009
- All articles lacking sources
- Biography with signature
- Articles with hCards
- Articles with FAST identifiers
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with BNF identifiers
- Articles with BNFdata identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with PLWABN identifiers
- Articles with PortugalA identifiers
- Articles with RKDartists identifiers
- Articles with ULAN identifiers
- Articles with DTBIO identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- 1731 births
- 1822 deaths
- Portuguese sculptors
- Male sculptors
- People from Coimbra
- 18th-century Portuguese artists
- 19th-century Portuguese sculptors
- 19th-century sculptors
- 19th-century Portuguese male artists
- All stub articles
- Portuguese artist stubs
- European sculptor stubs