 Around the year 1500 Francisco Henriques came to Portugal from Bruges, where he may have been a disciple of Gerard David.It is thought that his first work in Portugal was the main altarpiece of Viseu Cathedral (1501–1506, now in the Grão Vasco Museum in Viseu), leading a workshop that included Portuguese painter Vasco Fernandes, then in the beginning of his career.Among his influences was the early Dutch engraver Master I.