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ABSTRACT: The nineteenth century was a century of resurgence of a
classical art with Greek and Roman origins. The fact that an area such as
archeology has begun the excavaons of the ancient city of Pompeii in
Italy reveals a set of works of art and ways of life from a period prior to
the Jewish and Catholic period of a Europe of the Century XIX.
Several quesons arise at the level of neoclassical thought of this period.
Thus, we see the emergence of works of art inspired by classical themes
of Greek mythology and whose representaons of this period include
myths such as Leda, the Muse Inspiring, the Musidora, the myth of
Andromeda, among others.
In this context we developed an invesgaon and found 17 sculptural
pieces of Italian origin that arrived in Lisbon by boat from various Italian
arsts of this period. These pieces originated mainly from the order of the
queen of Portugal D. Maria Pia de Sabóia, daughter of King Vitor Emanuel
II of Italy, during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Taking into account the process of ordering, moving, traveling and used
material, the marble of Carraca, as well as the themes represented, it
was possible to develop a research process of this museological nucleus
and to present ways of life of these artists, inspirations, techniques and
ways of carving during this historical period, as well as payment
procedures and also the costs of the works acquired by the Portuguese
crown during the second half of the nineteenth century.
This collection is currently at the Museum of Ajuda National Palace and
was the subject of an investigation and systematization of its artistic and
historical importance in Portugal.