Model of the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist
Giuseppe Palms; Giuseppe Fochetti; Giuseppe Voyet; Genaro Nicoletti1744 - 1747
Museu de São Roque
Lisboa, Portugal
The model of the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist was conceived in 1744-1747, in the context of the royal commission made by King John V to Rome. This piece, which is particularly rare in Portugal, is a witness of the introduction in our country of a way of conceiving the architectural project in successive phases of maturity. Designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-73), with further alterations imposed by the Portuguese Court to the original design, its execution was entrusted to the cabinetmaker Giuseppe Palms. Giuseppe Focheti and Giuseppe Voyet carried out the painting imitating marble. In his turn, Gennaro Nicoletti painted the miniatured paintings on oil on copper.
- Title: Model of the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist
- Creator Lifespan: Unknown
- Creator Nationality: Italian; italian; italian; italian
- Creator Gender: Male; Male; Male; Male
- Date: 1744 - 1747
- Physical Dimensions: w93 x h140 x d86 cm
- Type: Model
- Rights: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- External Link: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- Medium: Polychrome and gilt walnut, painting on copper
- Provenance: This piece, kept for many years in the Ludovice family, was given to the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in 1882. Due to its bad conservation state, it was restored in 1879 by Diodato Guedes and Sebastião Ferreira d’Almeida. In 1892, the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist was handed over by the Royal House to House of Mercy of Lisbon. In the context of the inauguration of the “Museum of the Treasure of the Chapel of St. John the Baptist”, in 1905, the model was acquired by House of Mercy of Lisbon, after the President request to the President of the Academy of Belas Artes, on 8th October, 1904., Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
- Manufactured: Rome, Italy
- Cabinetmaker; painter; painter; miniaturist: Giuseppe Palms; Giuseppe Fochetti; Giuseppe Voyet; Genaro Nicoletti
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