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FLEXOR, Maria Helena Ochi. Pedro Ferreira, an unknown sculptor from Bahia. Varia hist. [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.40, pp. 497-510. ISSN 0104-8775.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-87752008000200010.

This work is the result of a beginning study about a sculptor Pedro Ferreira. Although he was author of important workmanships, he passes almost unknown in the bahian history of art. He was an artist who lives belongs a time when the neoclassicismo was imposed to the Occidental culture, but, still remained in Bahia, the practical ones of the baroque period, in special the copy of the great Renaissance masters. Pedro Ferreira was one of these artists and has inspired, as main artist, Murillo, of the Spanish school.

Palavras-chave : Pedro Ferreira; sculpture; Bahia.