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Marble panelling
João Antunes1690
Museu de São Roque
Lisboa, Portugal
The chapel presents 17th century inlaid marble panelling and altar. A Portuguese work inspired by the decorative marbles of the Italian churches, traditionally named “Florentine mosaic”. This inlaid marble work, highly qualified for its technical and artistic merit, combines botanical and anthropomorphic motifs. This stonework was conceived by João Antunes, architect, and executed by the stone masters Manuel Antunes and João Teixeira, and completed in 1690.
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- Title: Marble panelling
- Creator Lifespan: 1643; unknown; unknown - 1712; unknown; unknown
- Creator Nationality: Portuguese; Portuguese; Portuguese
- Creator Gender: Male; Male; Male
- Creator Death Place: Lisbon; Lisbon; Lisbon
- Creator Birth Place: Lisbon; Lisbon; Lisbon
- Date: 1690
- Provenance: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- Type: Inlaid marbles
- Rights: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- External Link: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- Medium: Inlaid marble
- Manufactured: Lisbon, Portugal
- Commission: This chapel was founded on April 1st, 1634, by the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Doctrine which used it as their headquarters. Endowed with its own statutes, this association played a major role in the technical and artistic work undertaken in São Roque's, providing a comprehensive team of craftsmen and artists with a variety of skills.
- Architect; mastermason; mastermason: João Antunes
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