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Miguel António do Amaral
Queen D. Maria I of Portugal; 1777
Born	1710
Died	1780
Nationality	Portuguese
Patron(s)	Joseph I of Portugal Maria I of Portugal José, Prince of Brazil

Miguel António do Amaral (Lisbon; 1710 – Lisbon; 1780) was a Portuguese court painter to the House of Braganza, progressing in the years from the household of Joseph I of Portugal to that of Maria I of Portugal and finally to the household of José, Prince of Brazil.

1773 Commission

In 1773, Amaral was commissioned by Joseph I of Portugal to make two sets of portraits featuring the King and his wife, Mariana Victoria of Spain. After the completion of his grandfather's set of portraits in mid-1773, José, Prince of Beira ordered a similar commission by Amaral. However, he also asked for a second portrait of José, for his mother, Maria I of Portugal. These works would gain Amaral incredible fame throughout Portugal and Europe as an able portrait painter, having done five incredibly detailed and large portraits in one year.

References

• Museu do Hospital e das Caldas

• Painters at the Portuguese royal court
• Portuguese painters
• Portuguese male painters
• 1710 births
• 1780 deaths