Ouro Preto, 1738 The sculptor, the engraver Antônio Francisco Lisbon, the Aleijadinho, the greatest Brazilian artist from the colonial era, was the son of the architect and foreman Manuel Francisco Lisbon with and African slave. His nickname is due to the hands and legs deformities as a consequence of syphilis. Between 1796 and 1804, the artist engraved the biggest set of baroque sculptures in the world, considered one of the most important works of the colonial era. The “Congonhas do Campo” is made up of 66 cedar sculptures, which portrait in normal size, the scenes of Christ Passion, expose in six chapels that form the Via Crusis, and end in a hill where the 12 prophets, engraved in soap stone, also in natural side. The Ouro Preto reflects the splendor of the church of Saint Francisco of Assisi, masterpiece that expresses his skills together with that of the painter Manoel da Costa Athayde, another great master of the baroque era. Antônio Francisco Lisbon died in Ouro Preto, in 1814.