On 26 January, the Soares dos Reis National Museum is organising a guided tour in Portuguese of the National Treasures in the museum’s collection.
In Portugal, there are 1600 objects classified as National Treasures. This list includes ten objects from the collection of the Soares dos Reis National Museum, which are in the long-term exhibition.
Assets classified as being of national interest, also known as National Treasures, represent cultural value of significance for history and collective memory. Their loss or degradation would mean irreparable damage to cultural heritage and collective memory.
The Soares dos Reis National Museum has a collection of 10 pieces classified as assets of national interest, also known as National Treasures. This classification is awarded to objects of indisputable national value due to their antiquity, authenticity, creativity, exemplarity, memory, originality, rarity or uniqueness.
List of National Treasures at the Museum
O Desterrado (The Exiled)
António Soares dos Reis (1847-1889)
1872
Carrara marble
Self-Portrait of Aurélia de Souza
Aurélia de Souza (1866-1922)
c. 1900
Oil on canvas
The White Houses of Capri
Henrique Pousão (1859-1884)
1882
Oil on canvas
Reliquary bust of St Pantaleon
Unknown artist
15th and 16th century
White, gilded and painted silver; enamels; gold, hyaline quartz
Episcopal Crosier
Antonio Arrighi (goldsmith)
1740
Cast silver, chiselled; gilded
Count of Ferreira
António Soares dos Reis (1847-1889)
1876
Original plaster
Window with Blue Shutters
Henrique Pousão (1859-1884)
1882-1883
Oil on wood
Lady in Black
Henrique Pousão (1859-1884)
1882
Oil on wood
Reliquary Cross and Cruet Set
Late 17th / early 18th century
Nephrite jade, gold, gilt silver, rubies and colourless glass [cross];
Nephrite jade, gold, gilt silver, blue glass, quartz, topaz (?) and colourless glass doublets, enamels [cruet set].
Pair of Bracelets
Late Atlantic Bronze / 1st Iron Age – 7th / 6th (end) centuries BC
Randomly found at Rocio de São Sebastião, Castro Verde, Portugal
Gold cast in lost-wax and rolled; incised decoration