The Chapel of St John the Baptist in the church of São Rogue: the commission, the building, the collections

English and Italian

The Chapel of São João Batista in the Church of São Roque in Lisbon was entirely built in Rome in the forties of the 18th century, following a order by D. João V. Following the expulsion of the Society of Jesus, this order from the king "Magnanimous", would be delivered to the Misericórdia de Lisboa in 1768, by D. José I, together with the Church of São Roque.

Under the scientific and editorial coordination of Professor Teresa Leonor M. Vale, the book brings together studies by renowned Portuguese and foreign researchers, specialists in the different artistic areas in which the chapel and its collections are based: architecture, sculpture, mosaics, metalwork, jewellery, textiles, lace, furniture, books. Of enormous importance in historical, cultural and artistic terms - both nationally and internationally - the chapel is, here, the object of the most complete study ever carried out on its history and heritage, comprehensively addressing the commissioning process, its work and its collections.

This book thus ensures the dissemination and promotion of the chapel of São João Batista to a specialized public, as well as to the generality of readers, who will not be indifferent to the extraordinary beauty of this unique work, magnificently illustrated here.

Authors: Teresa Leonor M. Vale (coord.); António Filipe Pimentel; Carlo Stefano Salerno; Cristina Pinto Basto; Maria de Fátima Rezende Gomes; Magda Tassinari; Marialuisa Rizzini

Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers | Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Lisbon
ISBN: 9781785511035 (ENG) | 9788899765286 (IT)