Under the Mantle of Our Lady – Collections of Russian Art in Portugal

In Portuguese museums, there are several examples of Russian art, with Byzantine roots, the main collections being the legacy of Ana Maria Pereira da Gama, at the National Museum Grão Vasco (in Viseu), which houses around two hundred pieces, and the legacy of Pedro Vieira da Fonseca, from the Municipal Museum of the Counts of Castro Guimarães (in Cascais), which consists of seventeen icons.

The exhibition Under the Mantle of Our Lady – Collections of Russian Art in Portugal resulted from a partnership with the D. Luís I Foundation and is dedicated to the images of the Virgin Mary belonging to these collections. The calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church honors around 260 miraculous images of Our Lady, with about 860 different Marian iconographies existing in Russia.

Authors: Texts: Edmundo Martinho, Carlos Carreiras, Odete Paiva, Sérgio Gorjão, Vítor Serrão, Fernando António Baptista Pereira, Irina Marcelo Curto; Translation: Ana Yokochi; Coordination: Maria de Jesus Ventura; Design: Nuno Lemos

Year of publication: October, 2019
Publisher: D. Luís I Foundation, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, National Museum Grão Vasco, Center for Russian Art and Culture Museum Counts of Castro Guimarães
ISBN: 9789898972040