Cesare Sighinolf: um escultor italiano em Portugal

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During the second half of the 19th century, a collection of Italian sculpture was created in the Ajuda National Palace. In this context, this collection was studied in a context of investigation extended to the entire sculptural core. However, and with reference to the general starting point, there was an Italian sculptor born in 1833 and coming from Modena, who came to work in Portugal, at the invitation of King Luís I. , we proceeded to the investigation of his artistic production, in the feld of Carrara marble sculpture. The question of this invitation was then posed and what is the hypothesis of developing his sculptural work in an environment of the second half of the 19th century, in Portugal and in this historical period. The objective was to investigate the permanence of an Italian artist in the city of Lisbon at the invitation of the Portuguese royal house, in whose signature of his works he is designated as Cesare Sighinolf. The methodology adopted was the direct observation of the sculptural pieces and access to all the existing documenta-tion in the Torre do Tombo Archive in Lisbon, with reference to the period under study.