Works of Aleijadinho in Ouro Preto, MG.

We must be very careful in attributing the authorship of so many works of art to Aleijadinho. In each type of work done by the Master there are several very personal characteristics: proportions, marks of the chisel, number of folds in the garments.

Aleijadinho was not the only santeiro, seal-setter, sculptor, planner, piece worker of his time: Antônio Francisco Pombal, Domingos Marques, João Gomes Batista, José Coelho de Noronha, José Fernandes Pinto de Alpoim, Felipe Vieira, Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Antônio Coelho da Fonseca, Pedro Gomes Chaves.

Francisco da Lima Cerqueira, Viricimo Vieira da Mota, aside from  Aleijadinho's father himself, Manuel Francisco Lisboa and Master Valentim da Fonseca e Silva.

Below arte the works attributed to Master Aleijadinho:
- building plan of San Francisco de Assis church, cuts and sculpture of the frontispiece, the two pulpits, the sacristy fountain, images of all three figures which compose the Sacred Trinity, angels of the Lord's table;
- works in the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo;
- works in the chapel of São Miguel's and Souls, or Bom Jesus das Cabeças.

In the files and books of the many religious orders (Franciscan, Carmelita, Benedictine) as well as those of established parishes in Ouro Preto, several receipts written for various artistic works by Aleijadinho are found. Arguments based on these receipts make possible the atribution of hundreds of works to the authorship of the Master himself at all State.

Reproduction of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, o Aleijadinho, signature of the last receipt written in Congonhas do Campo, in 1796.