Lagos -Algarve, south of Portugal (2016) Painting by Inês Dourado

Acrylic on Canvas, 15.8x19.7 in
$2,855   $2,746.2
Price: Free Shipping
Customer's reviews (575)
Shipping from: Portugal (Box or cardboard packaging) Ships within 2 days
14-day return policy
Shipping worldwide
100% secure transaction
Free Returns
Delivery by Artmajeur: The shipping of this artwork is handled directly by Artmajeur from pickup to final delivery to customer. Customs not included.
  • Packaging (Box or cardboard packaging) All artworks are shipped with a premium carrier, carefully protected and insured.
  • Tracking Order tracking until the parcel is delivered to the buyer. A tracking number will be provided so that you can follow the parcel in real-time.
  • Delay Worldwide delivery in 3 to 7 days (Estimate)
  • Customs not included The price does not include customs fees. Most countries have no import tax for original artworks, but you may have to pay the reduced VAT. Customs fees (if any) are to be calculated on arrival by the customs office and will be billed separately by the carrier.
Artmajeur guarantees you to make every effort to enable you to acquire authentic original works at the fairest price, or reimburse you in full.
  • Trackable Online Certificate of Authenticity Authenticity Certificates can be verified online at any moment by scanning the artwork code.
  • Artist Value Certification Experts study the work and career of an artist then establish an independent and reliable average price value. The average price value situates the artist on a price range for a given period. The experts may also be asked to establish a more precise estimate for a particular work.
100% secure transaction, Accepted Payment Methods: Credit Card, PayPal, Bank Transfer.
Secured direct purchase The transaction is guaranteed by Artmajeur: the seller will get paid only once the customer has received the artwork.
100% secure payment with SSL certificate + 3D Secure.
Free Returns: 14-day return policy.
Returns Accepted 14 days Artmajeur is 100% committed to the satisfaction of collectors: you have 14 days to return an original work. The work must be returned to the artist in perfect condition, in its original packaging. All eligible items can be returned (unless otherwise indicated).
One of a kind
Artwork signed by the artist
Certificate of Authenticity included
Mounted on Wood Stretcher frame
This artwork appears in 29 collections
  • Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
  • Dimensions Height 15.8in, Width 19.7in
  • Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Paintings under $5,000 Figurative Urban
Acrílico sobre tela (Acrylic on canvas) Alguma informação / Some information: EM PORTUGUÊS - Esta pintura em acrílico representa uma vista parcial do porto de Lagos: mais uma das mais belas cidades portuguesas à beira-mar plantada. “Lacóbriga” é o primeiro nome histórico conhecido para Lagos – uma designação de origem celtibérica.[...]
Acrílico sobre tela (Acrylic on canvas)

Alguma informação / Some information:

EM PORTUGUÊS - Esta pintura em acrílico representa uma vista parcial do porto de Lagos: mais uma das mais belas cidades portuguesas à beira-mar plantada. “Lacóbriga” é o primeiro nome histórico conhecido para Lagos – uma designação de origem celtibérica. Situada na parte oeste do Algarve, (sul de Portugal) a faixa costeira de Lagos é conhecida como Costa d’Oiro graças às falésias douradas que se estendem até à Ponta da Piedade.
Esta é mais uma das mais famosas regiões do Algarve graças às suas belas praias com extensos areais. Exemplo disso é Meia-Praia com um extenso areal que se estende da barra do porto de Lagos (representado parcialmente na pintura) até à baía de Alvor. Mas, ao longo de toda a Costa d’Oiro, podemos encontrar inúmeras praias pequenas em enseadas ‘entaladas’ entre íngremes falésias, que emergem das cintilantes águas azuis do Atlântico – um conjunto de características geográficas que convida a belos passeios de barcos.
Estudos efectuados afirmam que os Fenícios e os Gregos povoaram a baía de Lagos – uma região que, naturalmente, lhes proporcionava pescado em abundância. Mas os Cartagineses também por aqui passaram e introduziram o cultivo da vinha e do olival.
Tal como toda a costa do Algarve, este território foi também uma fonte de riqueza para os Romanos. Exemplos disso eram o peixe seco, o “garum” (uma iguaria para os romanos, uma pasta feita a partir de vísceras de peixe e peixe miúdo, possivelmente algo parecido com aquilo a que hoje chamamos ‘patê’), o azeite, o vinho, as laranjas, etc.. Finalizada a ocupação deste povo, e antes da conquista da Península Ibérica pelos Árabes, vindos do Norte de África (povo que baptizou esta região com o nome “Zawaia”, que em árabe significa “lago”), Lagos foi também ocupado por Visigodos e Bizantinos.
Na época dos Descobrimentos, todas as atenções viram-se para Sagres e Lagos. Foi nestas duas cidades que o Infante D. Henrique, o Navegador, reuniu cartógrafos, astrónomos e navegadores para encontrar e traçar um caminho marítimo de circum-navegação da África para chegar à Índia pelo mar e assim poder quebrar o monopólio comercial dos árabes. Foi também em Lagos que o navegador Gil Eanes iniciou a sua viagem a bordo de um novo ‘modelo’ de navio: uma caravela. Em 1434, Gil Eanes foi o primeiro navegador a contornar o temeroso Cabo Bojador na costa oeste da África – na época este local inspirava um tal pânico aos marinheiros, que foi considerado o fim do mundo.
Mas existem testemunhos históricos dos quais não nos orgulhamos, mas que são um facto que a documentação herdada confirma: o primeiro mercado de escravos em solo europeu foi instalado em Lagos – um marco do lado sombrio da história de Portugal. Hoje o edifício ainda existe e o primeiro piso foi transformado numa galeria de arte.
Cerca de 1573, Lagos foi elevada a cidade e a partir de 1577 foi capital do reino do Algarve – estatuto que foi perdido após os terramoto e maremoto de 1755, que destruíram grande parte da cidade, passando a capital para a cidade de Faro a partir dessa data. Mas a muralha de Lagos foi reerguida e é a que existe ainda hoje. ----------------------> IN ENGLISH: This acrylic painting represent a partial view of the port of Lagos: one of the most beautiful portuguese cities ‘seaside planted’.
"Lacóbriga" is the first historical name known to Lagos - a designation of origin celtiberian. Located in the western part of the Algarve (south of Portugal) the coastal strip of Lagos is known as Costa d'Oiro, thanks to the golden cliffs that extend to the Ponta da Piedade.
This is another of the most famous regions of the Algarve thanks to its beautiful beaches with extensive sandbanks. An example of this, is Meia-Praia with a long sandy beach that stretches from Lagos Port Barre (partially represented in the painting) to the Bay of Alvor. But all along the Costa d'Oiro, we can find numerous small beaches in 'wedged' coves between steep cliffs that emerge from the sparkling blue waters of the Atlantic - a set of geographic features that invites for beautiful walks boat.
Studies claim that the Phoenicians and the Greeks settled the Lagos’s Bay - a region that, of course, gave them fish in abundance. But the Carthaginians also passed through here and introduced the cultivation of vineyards and olive groves.
Like all the Algarve coast, this territory was also a source of wealth for the Romans. Examples were dried fish, the "garum" (a delicacy to the Romans, a paste made from fishes visceras and small fishes, possibly something similar to what we now call 'pâte'), olive oil, wine , oranges, etc .. Finished the Romans’ occupation, and before the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Arabs from the north of Africa (people who baptized the region with the name "Zawaia", which in Arabic means "lake"), Lagos was also occupied by Visigoths and Byzantines.
At the time of the Discoveries, all eyes turn to Sagres and Lagos. Was in those two cities that Prince Henry the Navigator gathered cartographers, astronomers and navigators to find and trace a sea route from Africa circum-navigation to reach India by sea and thus to break the trade monopoly of the Arabs. It was also in Lagos that the navigator Gil Eanes began its journey aboard a new ship’s ‘model’: a caravel. In 1434, Gil Eanes was the first browser to bypass the fearful Cape Bojador on the west coast of Africa - at the time this place inspired such a panic to the sailors, who was considered ‘the end of the world’ :) .
But there are historical testimonies of which we aren’t proud, but it’s a fact that the inherited documentation confirms: the first slave market on European soil was installed in Lagos - a landmark of the dark side of the history of Portugal. Today this building still exists and the ground floor was transformed into an art gallery.
Around 1573, Lagos was elevated to city. From 1577 was the capital of the kingdom of the Algarve - status which was lost after the earthquake and tsunami of 1755, which destroyed much of the city, passing the capital to the city of Faro from that date. But the wall of Lagos was rebuilt and is the one that still exists today.

Related themes

PortugalAlgarveLagosFigurative ArtAlvor

Automatically translated
Follow
Inês Dourado is a contemporary award-winning Portuguese painter. In Dourado's paintings, one can find the poetic essence of bustling cityscapes and days brimming[...]

Inês Dourado is a contemporary award-winning Portuguese painter. In Dourado's paintings, one can find the poetic essence of bustling cityscapes and days brimming with both light and shadow. Utilizing a diverse array of mediums, such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, gel pen, and tempera, she skillfully crafts figurative urban landscapes on both paper and canvas.

Inês Dourado was born in 1958, in Portugal. She has a degree in Art History and a Master in History of Contemporary Art from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. Dourado exhibited her works in Portugal, Spain and Argentina, and her works are in private collections in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Australia and the USA.

See more from Inês Dourado

View all artworks
Watercolor on Paper | 11.4x8.3 in
$451.53
$418.89
Oil on Canvas | 13.8x10.6 in
$832.35
$767.06
Watercolor on Paper | 11.6x8.3 in
$402.57
$359.05
Pastel on Paper | 11.2x15.4 in
$388.43
$334.03

Artmajeur

Receive our newsletter for art lovers and collectors