He received art training from his father. In 1812, after
French invaders were forced to evacuate Seville, classes resumed at la Escuela de Tres Nobles Artes (School of Three Noble Arts) and Antonio Cabral entered as a student. In 1814 he collaborated with his father in the decoration of the convent of the Trinity and, in 1816, in the decoration of the
General Archive of the Indies, which at the time was also a consular court. This decoration of the Archive of the Indies was made on the occasion of the passage through the city of the Portuguese precesses
María Isabel de Braganza and
Francisca de Braganza, on their way to
Madrid to marry, respectively, King
Fernando VII and his brother
Carlos María Isidro . In 1819 he helped to build a funeral
catafalque in the
Cathedral of Seville in memory of the same Maria Isabel de Braganza, who died in childbirth after two years of marriage. He also made an engraving showing the catafalque for the cover of a book on the event. In 1820 he designed for the city council of Seville the decoration of a monument commemorating the
Constitution of 1812. In 1825 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Perspective at the School of Three Noble Arts. In 1829, the City Council of Seville commissioned the construction of the "Temple of Himeneo" in the Plaza de la Encarnación, to commemorate the marriage between
Fernando VII and
María Cristina de Borbón. In 1835 he was given an appointment at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, in appreciation of his painting "The
Decapitation of St. John the Baptist." ,
Málaga In 1837 he was appointed member of the management committee of the newly created Museum of Fine Arts in Seville. In 1838 the Liceo de Sevilla was founded, and he participated in the organization of various acts and exhibitions. In 1839, the Seville City Council commissioned from him an ephemeral monument, the "Temple of the Peace ", to commemorate the
Peace of Vergara, by which the
Carlist War was ended. In 1840 he was appointed as the first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. In 1846 he designed decoration added to the facade of the Civil Government building of the on the occasion of the wedding of
Isabel II and
Luisa Fernanda, with the
Duke of Cádiz and the
Duke of Montpensier respectively. Also in 1846 he designed the facade of the Theater of the Passion, which was located on the street of the same name. In 1847 he painted the stage decorations and the roofs of the San Fernando Theater. In 1850 he was appointed director of the School of Fine Arts in Seville. Between 1850 and 1857 he made several works for the Duke of Montpensier. Among these works are the paintings of the chapel of the
Palace of San Telmo, acquired by the Duke at that time, as well as the portraits of illustrious Sevillians. He was succeeded as a painter in this palace by
Joaquín Domínguez Bécquer. In July 1853 there was a scandal when he was accused of having sold off fifty paintings belonging to the Museum of Fine Arts. As a result, he was dismissed as director. He was readmitted in September, when he reinstated the fifty paintings. == Family ==