The Paintings

1000 years of Portuguese masterpieces

Editorial Feature

10 Portuguese painters you need to know about

Explore art created over the centuries

Portugal's most famous panel paintings

In-Painting Tour

60 portraits of Portugal's great and the good

The monumental six panels of Saint Vincent

In-Painting Tour

Five years in the making

The Altarpiece of Viseu Cathedral

Spotlight on: Grão Vasco

Take a guided tour around the artist's most iconic works

In-Painting Tour

The Last Supper

Dinner with a difference

In-Painting Tour

Here comes the cavalry

Grão Vasco's epic crucification of Christ

When east meets west

A closer look at Namban screens

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Portugal arrives in Japan

Learn more about Portuguese expansion and trade through the Namban screens

In-Painting Tour

Take a guided tour of the Namban Screens

Explore every detail with the National Museum of Ancient Art

An impression of Portugal

The spirit of Portugal, in paint

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Portugal's beaches, forests, and clouds

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500 years of Portuguese art

Zoom into Portuguese masterpieces

Discover the tiny details and brushstrokes, up close

Queen St. Isabel

Unknown author

St. Auta Altarpiece

Unknown Portuguese master

Virgin of the Annunciation

Gaspar Vaz

St. Peter

Vasco Fernandes

St. Theotonius (?) and Franciscan Saint

Nuno Gonçalves

Calvary

Vasco Fernandes

Saint Mary Magdalene

Josefa d'Óbidos

St. Augustine

Piero della Francesca

The Last Judgement

Master of 1549

Christ at the home of Martha and Mary

Gaspar Vaz

St. Anthony

Gregório Lopes (attrib.)

Last Supper

Vasco Fernandes

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Painting the people

Discover classic portraits from Anastácio Gonçalves' collection

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Look at him

Male portraits from Anastácio Gonçalves' collection

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Look at her

Female portraits from Anastácio Gonçalves' collection

Zoom into Portugal's landscapes

Discover the tiny details and brushstrokes, up close

River Sado

João José Vaz

Beach of the fishermen (Póvoa de Varzim)

Silva Porto

Tha garden in the Palácio de Cristal

Artur Loureiro

Herding the flock (outskirts of Lisbon)

Silva Porto

Snowfall (Carnaxide)

Silva Lino

The Praia de Banhos beach, Póvoa de Varzim

João Marques de Oliveira

The banks of the Nabão river

António Carvalho da Silva Porto

Lisbon and the Tagus, Sunday

Carlos Botelho

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Now for something more contemporary

A look at 20th century Portuguese art

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A panorama of Portuguese art

Highlights from the National Museum of Contemporary Art

The highjacking of the Santa Maria

Joaquim Rodrigo's contemporary classic

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Zoom into modern artworks

Discover the tiny details and brushstrokes, up close

Self-portrait in red

Paula Rego

Deep

António Sena

Loving attention

José Malhoa

The lovers

Rolando Sá Nogueira

Aspect of Olhão

Eduardo Viana

Dancer in the neighborhood

Mário Eloy

The debate

Candido Costa Pinto

Family scene

Aurélia de Sousa

Contemplation

António Carneiro

Episode with dog

António Dacosta

Broken mirror

Querubim Lapa

José Viana da Mota (1868-1948)

Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857–1929)

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