Although fairly small the Museum of Óbidos was particularly well organised and the several rooms exhibiting various paintings and sculptures allowed the visitors to admire the artistry of those who either lived or spent some time in the area, which I felt to be a sort of blessing.
We started by looking at some of Eduardo Malta's paintings dating back to the 19th century. The painter is said to have lived in Óbidos for a while and it is in his former home the Museum is housed.
We then continued onto the gallery exhibiting religious statues dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries.
Saint John Evangelist - 15th century polychromatic and golden stone sculpture - School of Coimbra (left). Holy Trinity - 16th century polychromatic sculpture - Coimbra (?) on the right.
Saint Peter or Saint Gregory - 14th/15th century stone sculpture (left). Saint Sebastian - 1530 polychromatic stone sculpture (right).
The Visitation - 1530 stone sculpture.
16th century wooden sculpture.
We finally made it to a gallery exhibiting several quite interesting oil paintings on wood dating back to 1540-1550 until we reached the gallery of the statuary dating back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Saint Anthony (left). Saint Andrew's torture (right).
Abandoned body of Saint Vincent (left). Image depicting Saint Vincent washed ashore after having been thrown into the sea (right).
Saint Benedict of Palermo - mid 18th century - polychromatic and gilded wooden sculpture (left). Saint Amaro (detail) - 2nd half of the 17th century - polychromatic and gilded wooden sculpture (right).
Portrait of Queen Mary I - end of the 18th century.
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