Manuel Pereyra (Pereira), Portuguese sculptor, active in Spain. He probably arrived in Spain fully trained, although nothing is known of his apprenticeship. His career was spent based in Madrid and its environs. He was a prolific sculptor who worked in wood and stone, including alabaster, but unlike some Spanish sculptors he practised neither as an architect nor as a polychromist, work that he subcontracted to other specialists. Although his range of style was narrow, he ranks as one of the major Spanish sculptors of the 17th century. //