Technical sheet
Typology
Historic Interiors/Objects
Protection
Church of Santo António: Monumento Nacional (1924)
Period 18th century (Church); 17th-18th centuries (religious furnishings); 15th-18th centuries (royal coins)
Date
2020 - 2021
Service
Conservation-restoration
Maintenance
Work
Maintenance / Conservation-restoration of gilded and polychromed woodcarving, sculpture, tiles, candlesticks and chairs of the Church of Santo António; treatment of the lesion in the wall supporting the vault in the central niche of the high altar; conservation-restoration of the altar frontal; conservation-restoration of sacred art objects for permanent exhibition at the Museum; conservation-restoration of royal coins from the Museum’s numismatic collections; support in setting the objects in the permanent exhibition.
Areas
Church: gilded and polychromed woodcarving of the North and South walls, balustrade of the high choir, narthex and main altarpiece; sculptures in the main altarpiece; glazed tiles on the North, West and South walls. Museum: set of sacred art objects and royal coins.
Materials
Wood (polychrome and gilded woodcarving); Ceramics (glazed tiles); Metals (silver, copper, various metal alloys)
Notes
The treatment of the glass eyes in the piece “Baby Jesus” was carried out by the Department of Conservation-restoration of the NOVA School of Science and Technology.
