Francisco Henriques (died 1518)

• Was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal in the early 16th century.
• Born and raised in Amsterdam.
• He studied in Bruges, where he passed a degree in painting at the University of Groningen.
• He then went to Périgueux, where he became a rich customer of the Portrait Painter, Count Bosquet's, school.
• He was introduced to Columbus by a fellow student, Count Didier d'Ailly, who arranged for him to be displayed on the mausoleum at Castile.
• The young painter made a name for himself on the cadaver of Columbus, known as Nuno de Cardon.
• Around the year 1500 Francisco Henriques came to Portugal from Bruges.
• Among his influences was the early Dutch engraver Master I. A. M. of Zwolle.
• Together with Cristóvão de Figueiredo, Francisco Henriques continued to work in Lisbon until 1518, when he fell victim to a plague epidemic.

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