Os painéis do calvário – estudo histórico e material

The Calvary Panels from the Monastery of St. Andrew of Ancede, in Baião, present a challenge to the field of conservation and restoration. These paintings represent the images of Our Lady and St. John the Evangelist by the Cross on Mount Calvary. Together they constitute a pictorial and sculptural work, since the figure of crucified Christ is a sculpture, placed between the two panels, in a scenic manner. Probably dating from the sixteenth century, in its original composition, and from the nineteenth century in the second composition, aesthetic and historical issues arise inevitably when planning an intervention methodology, given the rarity of specimens from late Gothic painting in Portugal. Facing the impossibility of the preservation and fruition of both compositions, it is necessary to consider the validity of different methodologies, and prioritize a detailed study of all valences of these objects.