Ka cika wannan jumla: Sa'ad da ya koma Lisbon a shekara ta gaba, an naɗa shi Mai Zane-zanen Fadar kuma ya ci gaba da wannan matsayin a ƙarƙashin Sarki Joseph I. A shekara ta 1744, an naɗa shi Knight na Order of Saint James of the Sword. A lokacin da yake aiki tare da kotu, ya zana hotunan dangin sarauta, kuma ya yi aiki sosai a gine-ginen jama'a da majami'u da yawa. Yawancin waɗannan ayyukan sun lalace a cikin
girgizar kasa ta shekara ta 1755.