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The museum’s bright,
wide galleries lined with
priceless paintings
Exploring the Collections
The museum has the largest collection of paintings in Portugal,
including an extensive treasury of early religious works by Did You Know?
Portuguese artists. The majority of exhibits came from
convents and monasteries following the suppression of Hieronymus Bosch
religious orders in 1834. There are also wide-ranging displays never dated his works,
of sculpture, silverware, porcelain and applied arts, giving an so we can’t be exactly
overview of Portuguese art from the Middle Ages to the sure when they
19th century, complemented by fine European and Eastern were painted.
pieces. The theme of the Discoveries is ever-present, illustrating
Portugal’s links with Brazil, Africa, India, China and Japan.
Visitors admiring the São Vicente
de Fora polyptych, one of the
museum’s most important pieces
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