Home . Works

Altar front, 18th c., Museum of St. Roque

2008 Conservation and Restoration

Treatment of one altar front in embossed and engraved silver, gilded bronze and lapis lazuli, from the Sacred Art Collection of the Museum of St. Roque in Lisbon.

† This altar front, made in Rome (1744-1750) by Antonio Arrighi (goldsmith) and Agostino Corsini (sculptor), reproduces a Scene from the Apocalypse. - The Lamb Adored by Elders.

Acknowledgements Museum of St. Roque ~ Lisbon Holly House of Mercy.

Detail of the altar front, before the intervention.
Detail of the altar front, after the intervention.
Detail of the altar front, before the intervention.
Detail of the altar front, after the intervention.
Detail of the altar front, before the intervention.
Detail of the altar front, after the intervention.
Altar front, before the intervention.
Altar front, after the intervention.