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CAMPAIGNS 
"WE ARE ALL PATRONS"

 “STILL LIFE WITH BIRDS, FISH E PLATES WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT” by BALTAZAR GOMES FERREIRA

 

19 May 2021 - 28 February 2022

The GAMNAA  decided to launch a public fund-raising campaign to enable the acquisition of this work (which belonged to a Spanish private collection), making it the first work by Baltazar Gomes Figueira among the Museum's collection.

We Are All Patrons / Capela das Albertas

RESTORATION OF THE "CAPELA DAS ALBERTAS"

 

01 December 2018 - 31 December 2020

Closed for 11 years for security reasons, the Alberta's Chapel, one of the greatest exponents of Portuguese Baroque, reopened in 2020 after a public petition campaign through GAMNAA.

LET´S BRING THE PATIÑO ROOM TO LIFE

 

30 October 2018 - 31 December 2021

With the generous donations of all, through GAMNAA, a conservation and restoration work was carried out on the "boiserie" (gilded woodcarving), the carpet, the furniture, the chimney trim; cleaning of the chandelier; and installation of more adequate lighting.

Nativity scene

HELP THE MNAA RESTORE THE "CRIB OF THE MARQUISES OF BELAS"

05 April - 25 ocotber 2018

As part of the public fundraising campaign for the programme that included the restoration of the Alberta's Chapel, the "Crib of the Marquises of Belas" was restored.
Another successful cause, through the GAMNAA.

Baltazar Gomes Figueira
Patiño Palace
Friar Fonseca of Évora

WE ARE ALL PATRONS

 

29 November 2016 - 30 May 2017

"Portrait of Friar José Maria da Fonseca Évora", by Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707-1770).
MNAA had the possibility to integrate in the Portuguese heritage this important work of art, painted on ivory, and located in the international market. 
A public subscription campaign was carried out through the GAMNAA, wich allowed its inclusion in the Museum's collection.

LET'S PUT SEQUEIRA IN THE RIGHT PLACE

 

 “THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI” by DOMINGOS SEQUEIRA

27 October 2015 - 30 april 2016

On the 30th of April of 6 years ago, so of 2016, the fundraising campaign “Let's Put Sequeira in the Right Place”, one of the many causes of the Grupo dos Amigos do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, which with the involvement of all Portuguese people, companies, and foundations, this work became part of the MNAA collection.

Adoration of the Magi by Domingos Sequeira
Portrait D. João V

"Portrait of João V and the Battle of Matapão", Giorgio Domenico Duprà (1689-1770).

The work was bought with part of the surplus value raised in the fundraising campaign “Let's Put Sequeira in the Right Place”.

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