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Signed and Dated, 1730
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The church of São Lourenço de Matos is tiled over every surface including the cupola, with the life of St Lawrence on the walls and the Virtues over the arches. The work is signed in the tiles themselves and dated 1730 on the dome, and azulejo at this scale is almost always anonymous.

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