Gregório Lopes

Death: 1550

Biography:

Gregório Lopes (c. 1490 – 1550) was one of the most important Renaissance painters from Portugal. He was educated in the workshop of Jorge Afonso, the court painter of King Manuel I, and later became court painter for both Manuel I and for his successor, John III. In 1514, he married the daughter of Jorge Afonso, and in 1520 was knighted by Prince Jorge de Lencastre and entered the Order of Santiago. His work mainly consists of painted religious altarpieces for various churches and monasteries in central Portugal. Many of his works can be seen in the National Museum of Ancient Art, in Lisbon. His son, Cristóvão Lopes (1516–1594), was also an artist and worked as a portrait painter for the Portuguese royal family.