José da Cunha Taborda
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 portrait of José da Cunha Taborda, 1833 | |
| Born | April 28, 1766 |
| Died | June 4, 1836 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
José da Cunha Taborda (April 28, 1766 - June 4, 1836) was a Portuguese painter and architect.
He was born at Fundão, in the diocese of Guarda, in 1766. After studying painting under , he went in 1788 to Rome, where he placed himself under the tuition of Antonio Cavallucci, and gained reputation by a picture of "The Summoning of Cincinnatus to the Dictatorship." After his return to Portugal he was in 1799 appointed professor at the , and in 1803 court painter, in which capacity he painted in the royal palace of Ajuda and the hall of the Cortes.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Da Cunha Taborda, José". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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