Portraits of the Ataíde and Aleijadinho by Elias Layon
Manoel da Costa Ataíde, the greatest painter of the Brazilian Baroque, born and buried in Mariana, son of Portuguese, until the due time had no portrait of her figure. To create this picture I took as reference a painting of Saint Luke, Protector of painters, found in the Bom Jesus do Serro Church and in the figure of the King … Read more