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Retable of the Chapel of Saint Roch

Unknown1707

Museu de São Roque

Museu de São Roque
Lisboa, Portugal

This chapel is dedicated to the church's patron saint whose retable is situated on the site - according to tradition - of the chancel of the original chapel and shrine of St. Roch. At the beginning of the 18th century, the original retable of the 16th century was in a bad state of conservation, so the Brotherhood ordered the creation of a new one whose gilding was completed in 1707. The central niche houses a statue in gilt and polychrome wood of Saint Roch. This piece is flanked by two others: St. James the Greater (left) and St. Sebastian (right). Above the altar there are six statuettes of the four evangelists and Saints Peter and Paul, in silvered wood. On the top, the rectangular oil painting represents the death of St. Roch in prison, that is attributed to Gaspar Dias.

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  • Title: Retable of the Chapel of Saint Roch
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Creator Lifespan: Unknown
  • Date: 1707
  • Provenance: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
  • Type: Stone, tile panelling, gilt woodwork and painting
  • Rights: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
  • External Link: Museu de São Roque/Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
  • Medium: Stone, tile panelling, gilt woodwork and painting
  • Manufactured: Lisbon, Portugal
  • Commission: The Brotherhood of Saint Roch administers this chapel since the 16th century, according to the original agreement with the Society of Jesus. The Brotherhood (or confraternity) developed devotional activities linked to the cult of the saint particularly regarding the calamity of the plague. It would attract the faithful from every social class: noblemen, bourgeoisie and commoners people.
Museu de São Roque

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