We started the day by seeing an exhibition of work attributed to Antônio Francisco Lisboa, known as the Aleijadinho (‘the little cripple’), the son of a Portuguese master of works and his slave until freed.   He produced a large collection of devotional works.

São Manuel (c.1760):-

Christ of the Scourging (1791-1812):-

Our Lady of the Rosary:-

Our Lady of Sorrows:-

The exhibition is a way of exploring the Portuguese diaspora, its derivation from Austrian and German, as well as Portuguese baroque, and the abolition of slavery only in 1888.