Ant?nio Manuel da Fonseca

(b Lisbon, 1796; d Lisbon, 1890). Portuguese painter. He received his early training from his father, Jo?o Tom?s da Fonseca (1754-1835), then studied at the Aula de Desenho (drawing class) at the Casa Pia, Lisbon, under Manuel da Rocha. In collaboration with his father he decorated in fresco the Pal?cio Quintela-Farrobo with mythological scenes, including the Rape of the Sabines and Minerva and Cupid (both 1822). In Rome between 1827 and 1834 he became a pupil of Vincenzo Camuccini and of Andrea Pozzi, and for his patron, Baron Quintela (1801-69), who became Conde de Farrobo in 1834, he made copies of earlier masters including Raphael, Domenichino and Carlo Dolci. In 1837 he was appointed professor of history painting at the Academia de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, a post he retained until 1863.

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