Though born in Portugal he is considered a Spanish sculptor since he settled here in 1638. He made polychrome sculptures including a "Saint Bruno" for the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid and another for the Miraflores Charterhouse, as well as a "Christ of Forgiveness" and a "Christ of Lozoya" for Segovia Cathedral. His sculptures of the "Holy Laborers" at San Isidro el Real in Madrid have been destroyed (Taken from E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire, Paris: Gründ, 1976, vol. VIII, p. 218).