Museu Grão Vasco - Viseu, Portugal - Art Museums on Waymarking.com

"Quem o fundou foi Francisco de Almeida Moreira e que foi seu primeiro diretor As pinturas de Vasco Fernandes e de outros artistas da escola de Viseu, são apreciadas pelo seu naturalismo e pelas paisagens de fundo. O tratamento da luz revela uma influência flamenga.
No terceiro piso do museu são exibidas as obras-primas que outrora adornavam um retábulo da catedral. As predominantes são um monumental São Pedro e A Adoração dos Magos, uma série de 14 painéis sobre a vida de Cristo. pensa-se que alguns dos restantes painéis são de outros artistas da Escola de Viseu. Entre outras obras-primas podem ver-se trabalhos de Gaspar Vaz, o grande rival de Grão Vasco, incluindo uma Última Ceia.
Nos pisos inferiores há obras de artistas portugueses dos séculos XIX e XX, entre os quais Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro.
Existe no Museu Grão Vasco um famoso retrato, pintado pelo artista visiense José de Almeida Furtado (o Gata), de Eugénia Cândida da Fonseca da Silva Mendes, 1.ª Baronesa da Silva. É notável pelo realismo, pois apresenta a ilustre e enérgica senhora com abundante desenvolvimento piloso facial, a justificar o apodo de a Barbuda, que lhe deram os seus adversários políticos"
"The museum is named after one of the most important Portuguese painters of the Renaissance, Vasco Fernandes (also known as the Grão Vasco), who had his workshop in Viseu.
The museum, founded in 1916, occupies the building of the old Seminary, located beside Viseu Cathedral. The building, began in the late 16th century in Mannerist style, has had its interior recently modernised by Porto architect Eduardo Souto de Moura.
The main exhibits of the museum are the painted altarpieces executed for Viseu Cathedral during the Renaissance. These include the main altarpiece, executed by a workshop that included the young Vasco Fernandes and was apparently led by Francisco Henriques, as well as later altarpieces by a mature Vasco Fernandes and his collaborator, Gaspar Vaz. The artistic significance of these altarpieces turn the Grão Vasco Museum into one of the most important art museums in Portugal."

Name: Museu Grão Vasco Location: Adro da Sé 3500-111 Viseu Portugal Phone Number: 232422049 Web Site: [Web Link] Agency/Ownership: Public Hours of operation: Time: 9:30 to 12:30 / / 14:00 to 17:30 Closure: Monday, Friday before Easter, Easter, May 1st and Christmas. Free admission: Sunday until 12.30 Admission Fee: 4 Gift Shop: yes Cafe/Restaurant: no

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