De lo bélico a lo bello. Nuevas aportaciones sobre una colección del siglo XIX de reproducciones en escayola de piezas de armería

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v23i1.1213
Keywords: Plaster casts, Armoury, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, Academy of Fine Arts of Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

Abstract

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon has in its plaster casts collection a unique set of ten objects that reproduce, mostly, pieces of armour. Despite the numerous 19th century plaster casts collections scattered throughout the world, the reproduction of this type of object – especially helmets and shields – has not been widely disseminated or used in museums and schools. The research carried out made it possible to associate these objects in an unprecedented way with a purchase made in 1884 by the former Academy of Fine Arts of Lisbon, as well as to understand the collecting context in which such acquisition took place, the original dimension of the collection (more numerous than the current set) and its historical and institutional trajectory.

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Author Biography

André das Neves Afonso, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal

André das Neves Afonso é conservador das coleções de Ourivesaria e Joalharia do Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal) desde novembro de 2021, tendo anteriormente desempenhado as funções de assistente das coleções de Ourivesaria e Joalharia do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (Lisboa, Portugal), instituição onde exerceu atividade desde 2010. Tem centrado o seu trabalho na área dos estudos de ourivesaria, dos metais e das reproduções históricas de obras de arte (nomeadamente as reproduções oitocentistas de objetos de ourivesaria através do processo galvanoplástico), interessando-se igualmente pelas temáticas da história dos museus, do colecionismo, das coleções (estudos de proveniência) e das exposições.

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Published
2023-06-21
How to Cite
das Neves Afonso, A. (2023). De lo bélico a lo bello. Nuevas aportaciones sobre una colección del siglo XIX de reproducciones en escayola de piezas de armería. Ge-Conservacion, 23(1), 129-138. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v23i1.1213
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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023): Ge-conservación Nº23
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