Realist painter who received a gold medal from Queen Dona Maria II at the triennial exhibition in 1849. He was fascinated by painting customs, but he struggled to separate realism from sentimentalism. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with such future notables as Jo 'o Pedro Monteiro (Monteirinho), Francisco Augusto Metrass, Tom 's da Anuncia o, Joaquim Pedro de Sousa, and Ant nio Jos' Patr cio.
