Brief Biography-Francisco Augusto Metrass of Lisbon came from a family of German immigrants. His father had a successful business and wanted Francisco to enter the commerce world; however, Francisco preferred to paint. He studied at the Lisbon Academy of Fine Art under António Manuel da Fonseca in 1836. In 1844, Metrass went to Rome and worked with the Nazarene movement, a German group of artists who concentrated on religious art. His tutors were Peter von Cornelius and Johann Friedrich Overbeck; Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow was also a group member. He returned to Lisbon, where he did not gain much acknowledgement at an exhibition, so he travelled to Paris. He turned more to history painting over religious themes in Paris, finally gaining recognition. When back in Lisbon, his work God Only brought him much acclaim, and he became a professor of history painting at the Lisbon Academy. Sadly, he died from tuberculosis in Madeira in 1861 at the young age of 36.