sentences:  By applying these elements, he followed the example of Andrea Pozzo (as explained in "Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum").He exercised a great influence on his contemporaries with his wood sculpture.A good example is the retable on the main altar of the church of Santo Ildefonso in Porto, where he used the same thematic decorative elements as in his architectural designs (asymmetrical shells, acanthus foliage, volutes and husks, with the addition of flying angels).