Technical sheet
Typology
Architectural Heritage
Historic Interiors/Objects
Protection
Monumento Nacional (1907) | UNESCO World Heritage (1996), as part of the Historic Centre of Porto
Period 17th-18th centuries (chancel)
Author(s)
Chancel: Valentim de Carvalho or Jerónimo Luís (architecture); António Pereira (18th century alterations); Nicolau Nasoni (wall paintings and railing); Main altarpiece (18th century): Santos Pacheco or Claude Laprade (project), Miguel Francisco da Silva and Luís Pereira da Costa (woodcarvers) and José Salutin (gilder); Painting (17th century): Simão Rodrigues (attr.)
Date
2021 - 2022; 2022 - 2023
Service
Conservation-restoration
Work
Conservation-restoration of the historic interiors of the Chancel: wall paintings; polychrome and gilded woodcarving; metallic railings; stone elements in the pavements, walls and vault; panel painting in the main altarpiece.
Areas
Chancel
Materials
Stone (Porto granite; Alentejo marble; Lioz limestone; slate); Paintings (wall paintings, panel painting); Wood (polychrome and gilded woodcarving); Metals (bronze and other copper alloys; wrought iron); Plaster.
Analyses
Wall paintings: colorimetry; XRF; observation under UV light (vault) (University of Coimbra / DRCN); Wall paintings, main altarpiece and panel painting: FT-IR and SEM-EDX (Catholic University)
