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'Monserrate Revisited', Sintra

2017 Event

Collaboration in the exhibition held in the Monserrate Palace, under the theme "Monserrate Revisited - The Cook Collection in Portugal", with the conservation and restoration of several objects, which belong to the ancient collection of Sir Francis Cook, namely:

  • Panoply, now belonging to the House-Museum Medeiros e Almeida collection, which includes several pieces of armament and protection, such as pistols, muskets, swords, knives, daggers, spears, crossbow short arrows, maces, axe, helmet and armour in metal alloys (copper, silver and iron), wood and textile;
  • Sculptures, presently from the collection of the Palace of Monserrate, one in Etruscan terracota embossed, representing Arethusa and another in marble carrara, representing Hercules in boy playing with a snake;
  • Sculpture of Santo António with a boy in limestone and marble carrara, currently from the collection of the School São João de Brito.
    Monserrate Revisited - An Evocative Exhibition of the Cook Collection in Portugal

Acknowledgements Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua © ~ House-Museum Medeiros e Almeida ~ School of São João de Brito ~ Generali, Insurance 

Palace of Monserrate ©
One room of the Exhibition ©