Joaquim Rafael
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3 February 1783
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| Born | Joaquim Rafael Rodrigues 3 February 1783 |
| Died | 14 August 1864 (aged 81) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Known for | Painting and sculpture |
Joaquim Rafael Rodrigues (3 February, 1783 — 14 August, 1864) was a Portuguese painter, set designer and sculptor. He was appointed as a professor of drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lisbon and became the First Painter at the Royal Court, where he also sculpted, among others, wax busts of Queen D. Maria I, King João VI and Queen Carlota Joaquina, to be found in the Palace of Ajuda in Lisbon.
Rafael was born in Porto on 3 February 1783, the son of Bento José Rodrigues, a coachman for D. Frei João Rafael de Mendonça, the Bishop of Porto between 1771 and 1793. At the age of 11, he joined the workshop of Domingos Francisco Vieira, a painter and merchant, and father of the painter Vieira Portuense (Francisco Vieira Júnior). On 23 November 1802, he enrolled in the drawing class of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro, for which Domingos Francisco Vieira was a substitute teacher.[1]
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On the day he turned 22 he married Maria Francisca da Purificação, niece of Domingos Francisco Vieira. They had a son and two daughters, the birth of the second causing the death of the mother, on 13 December 1810. On 8 May 1815, Rafael married again, this time with Margarida Emília, daughter of the artist Manuel Moreira da Silva, said to be the best ornamental carver in Porto. They had nine children, three of whom also pursued careers in the arts. During his early career he would sometimes collaborate with his father-in-law and with João José Braga, a sculptor.[1][2]
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