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Altar frontal

Unknown authorc. 1670 A.D.

Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro

Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro
Coimbra, Portugal

Altar frontal of tiles in blue, white and yellow. A fringe, blue and yellow, delimits the "cloth", which tops the typical decoration of birds and branches, centered by a Carmelite coat of arms flanked by pheasants. In the lower plane, ducks, fishes, plants, trees and a boat appears on the surface or emerge from the water.

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  • Title: Altar frontal
  • Creator: Unknown author
  • Date Created: c. 1670 A.D.
  • Location Created: Machado de Castro National Museum, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Physical Dimensions: 95 cm x 154 cm
  • Type: Tiling
  • Rights: Photo: DGPC/ADF - Photographic Documentation Archive
  • Medium: Ceramic
Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro

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